“Should be required reading for anyone interested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Well researched and eloquently presented.” —The Atlantic * “Delivers Cormac McCarthy-worthy drama; while the nonfictional asides imbue that drama with the authority of documentary.” —The New York Times Book ReviewA celebrated journalist takes a fiercely divided America and imagine...

'Good writers offer advice. Great writers offer condolences'If you want to be a writer, then you'd better be ready to hurl yourself at the door. That's the message from Stephen Marche in this irresistibly droll broadside. Perseverance, in the teeth of rejection, forms the essence of a writer's life. It's what it takes, so no whining.Even the greatest of writers grapple with failure. Marche's provocative, often very funny vignettes range through literary his...

A virtuoso performance from a literary talent who crafts a vividly drawn history of an imaginary country. In this stylistic tour de force, Stephen Marche creates the entire culture of a place called Sanjania—its national symbols, political movements, folk heroes, a group of writers dubbed "fictioneers," a national airline called Sanjair, and a rich literary history.This richly detailed story takes you to an island nation whose English-speaking citizens draw upon the English, Americ...

From a new Canadian talent who will sweep you off your feet, a love story about a man and a woman irresistibly drawn to each other despite the impediments of geography and culture.Meeting as strangers at a party, Raymond and Hannah stumble into a one-night stand with unexpected consequences. Together, they share a single, magical week before Hannah leaves for Jerusalem, where she is to spend nine months at an orthodox yeshiva learning Torah among students who disapprove of intermar...

Der Sturm auf das Kapitol war nur der Anfang. Denn die amerikanische Demokratie ist dabei zu scheitern. Das packende und erschreckend realistische Zukunfts-Szenario über den direkt bevorstehenden nächsten Bürgerkrieg in den USA.»Es sollte Pflichtlektüre für alle sein, denen der Erhalt unseres 246-jährigen Selbstverwaltungs-Experiments am Herzen liegt … Das Buch wechselt ab zwischen fiktionalen Depeschen eines zukünftigen sozialen Zusammenbruchs und Abschweifungen, ...

Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it.Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to what you need to continue existing as a writer, On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer desc...

What happens when artificial intelligence comes for the novelists? Death of an Author is a groundbreaking, suspenseful experiment in the meta world of man meets machine.When Gus Dupin, literary critic and scholar, finds himself invited to the funeral of Peggy Firmin, celebrated novelist and now murder victim, he is determined to find out who killed her and why. As his investigation gets underway, it is not long before he finds himself at the center of an ...

WOHIN TREIBT AMERIKA? Die USA stehen am Abgrund: Verschwörer und Milizen planen den Umsturz. Separatisten in Texas fordern die Abspaltung von Washington. Die Küstenstädte drohen beim nächsten Hurricane unterzugehen. Politiker wagen sich nur noch mit Personenschutz aus dem Haus. Faktenbasiert und hochspannend erzählt der renommierte Journalist Stephen Marche nun die wahrscheinlichsten Bedrohungsszenarien vom Untergang der Vereinigten Staaten. Anhand von wissenschaftlichen Analysen zeichnet ...

A gripping, intricately plotted political thriller set on the campaign trail of the USA's next—and because of crucial flaws in the electoral system—its last election; from former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and author Stephen Marche"In former presidential candidate Yang's first novel, doomsday looms for American democracy in the months leading up to the 2024 election . . . zinging broadsides make for lively and unsettling reading."

The Last Election is a unique political thriller about an outlandish yet frighteningly possible—even probable—scenario in America’s near future, during the crucial 2024 presidential election. Though it is fiction, it is informed by Andrew Yang’s insider’s view from his run deep into the Democratic primaries in 2020. It is also a wake-up call to an America tearing itself apart.The story focuses on two characters: Mikey Ricci, a political operative who has lost faith in the system, a...

'A page-turner' The Spectator'Harrowing and engrossing' Nicola Sturgeon'Incredible and powerful' The Herald'Utterly heartbreaking' TelegraphOn 13 March 1996 a man walked into Dunblane Primary School armed with four legally owned handguns, and in less than four minutes fired 105 bullets, killing sixteen children and their Primary One teacher.The gunman was notorious among local parents, politicians and police: for y...

On 13 March 1996 Thomas Hamilton walked into the gym hall of a primary school in Dunblane armed with four legally owned handguns and in less than four minutes fired 105 bullets, killing 16 young children, their teacher and injuring many more. It was a crime that first shocked the world then changed the nation.Based on original archival research and exclusive interviews with parents, politicians and police, One Morning in March tells for the first time the incredible and powerful tr...