Category: Humor Satire

By Viz, Terry Jones

ISBN-10: 1902212053

ISBN-13: 9781902212050

By Erik Kreffel

By Lars Iyer

ISBN-10: 1612191827

ISBN-13: 9781612191829

A wickedly humorous and satisfyingly intellectual black comedy concerning the cave in of Western educational associations below the burden of neoliberal economics and crushing, frequent idiocy.

By Louise Rennison

ISBN-10: 0060589361

ISBN-13: 9780060589363

ISBN-10: 0061703060

ISBN-13: 9780061703065

The intercourse God has left the rustic, taking Georgia's middle with him. So she makes a decision to reveal glaciosity to all boys -- a woman can in simple terms have her middle damaged such a lot of instances. until eventually she meets Masimo, the hot singer for the Stiff Dylans. The intercourse God is long gone, yet the following comes the Dreamboat, and Georgia's away guffawing on a quick camel (whatever that means).

By Donald E. Westlake

ISBN-10: 044640022X

ISBN-13: 9780446400220

ISBN-10: 089296801X

ISBN-13: 9780892968015

Ever-lovable yet hapless criminal John Dortmunder and his merry band of misfits try to force off with a fleet of classic autos in a con opposed to a corrupt CEO who has lavished extra of his company's funds on himself than the lads at Enron and WorldCom mixed.

By Lisa Jewell

ISBN-10: 0452281636

ISBN-13: 9780452281639

"Lisa Jewell pulls off an extraordinary trick which even the likes of Helen Fielding and Nick Hornby could not really deal with. She has written a publication approximately relationships, which appeals in equivalent degree to males and women."-The occasions (London) Meet the citizens of the London brownstone on 31 Almanac street who jointly weave a tangled net of romance. Ralph, a ne'er-do-well artist, without notice realizes he is madly in love together with his new flatmate Jem, the main enjoyable and good woman he is ever encountered. regrettably, Ralph's ally, Smith, has already received Jem's affections, even if Smith has no longer solely given up his ardour for the femme fatale, Cheri, who lives upstairs. around the corridor, Karl and Siobhan were fortunately single for years, until eventually Karl will get a smashing task as a London rush-hour DJ and momentarily will get tempted into Cheri's comfortable lair. those six star-crossed tenants turn into extra enamored, and extra stressed, because the tale progresses-until their real destinies are printed on one an important night-the night of the extravaganza that's . . . Ralph's occasion. This splendidly hip new novel used to be an speedy renowned good fortune whilst it used to be first released in England, and American readers are guaranteed to be captivated through the debut of a skilled new author.

By Wang Xiaobo

ISBN-10: 0791470652

ISBN-13: 9780791470657

ISBN-10: 1429498439

ISBN-13: 9781429498432

The 1st English translation of labor through Wang Xiaobo, probably the most very important writers of twentieth-century China.

By PEARL CLEAGE

ISBN-10: 0060538449

ISBN-13: 9780060538446

ISBN-10: 038079487X

ISBN-13: 9780380794874

In a striking debut novel that sizzles with sensuality, crackles with life-affirming power and strikes the reader to laughter and tears, writer Pearl Cleage creates a global wealthy in personality, human drama, and deep, compassionate knowing. After a decade of luxe residing in Atlanta, Ava Johnson has lower back to tiny Idlewild, Michigan -- her very good occupation and tool plans smashed to bits on one darkish fact: Ava has demonstrated optimistic for HIV. Bur instead of a sorrowful finish, her homecoming is a brand new starting. simply because, within the ten-plus years when you consider that she left, all of the difficulties of the large urban have invaded the sleepy group of her youth. simply because expensive family and friends sorely desire her assist in the face of coming near near hassle and tragedy, and Ava can't flip her again on them. and since, most significantly, Ava Johnson is inexplicabley and undeniably falling in love.

By Carlton III Mellick

ISBN-10: 1933929766

ISBN-13: 9781933929767

Friday the thirteenth meets customer Q. Apeshit is Mellick's love letter to the good and poor B-horror motion picture style. Six fashionable children (three cheerleaders and 3 soccer gamers) visit an remoted cabin within the mountains for a weekend of consuming, partying, and loopy intercourse, simply to discover themselves in the course of a lifestyles and demise fight opposed to a horribly mutated psychotic freak that simply will not remain useless. Mellick parodies this horror clich? and twists it into anything deeper and stranger. it's the literary an identical of a grindhouse movie. it's a splatter punk's rainy dream. it's might be probably the most fucked up books ever written. while you're partial to Takashi Miike, Evil lifeless, early Peter Jackson, or Eurotrash horror, then you definately needs to learn this publication.

By Valerie Frankel

ISBN-10: 0060536683

ISBN-13: 9780060536688

As a ways as her friends and family are involved, Frieda has been the grieving widow for lengthy adequate. At 35, she's nonetheless (relatively) younger, nonetheless (adequately) beautiful. Her intercourse force is particularly a lot alive; even Frieda admits she'd wish to utilize it back. in addition to, she has a son who definitely wishes a father determine. With visions of the right moment husband in brain, Frieda's sisters begin to ship eligible men in her direction.

Big sister Ilene -- herself considerably married -- has came across the final word unattached trap: a stunning, independently filthy rich, profitable, divorced father, pillar of society and paragon of power. What extra may a unmarried mother ask for? it sounds as if much more than family detect. Frieda's personal efforts endure very tasty fruit. Sam is younger, gifted, committed, and exceptionally attractive -- even though broke, in basic terms sporadically hired, and clueless approximately childrens. yet he makes Frieda believe brand-spanking-new, in a such a lot splendidly wanton approach. while all is expounded and performed, does Frieda actually need the ''perfect man'' ... or the far-from-ideal guy who is ideal for her?