WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM PRIZE'Funny, sad, bewildering and painfully honest, it’s a must-read for all fans of Joe Dunthorne’s Submarine' Emerald StreetJim Thorne.He wants to understand love.His mum.Her three sisters have epic perms.And they’re famous.His dad.He is focused on a vital question:Mario or Sonic?It’s England, ...

Are you ready to come together?Are you tired of typing out your interests and hyping up the details of your everyday life? Imagine then a social network that touches and loves, sweats and farts. Imagine romance in real time. Imagine humans licking rather than double clicking each other. Imagine the Wild World. Are you ready to come together?Lonely, horny and young, Janek, Anka, Roger and Joe find themselves being dragged out of their isolat...

Life in Manchester is sexy and stinking. Hold your breath. Justin wants a sex life, not a sex death. Rebecca has breasts but doesn't understand them. She needs to talk to Dostoevsky about erections, hairy armpits and firing squads. Life is difficult. Steve wants cash so he can enjoy his trendy body. He wants Carly too, but she just wants a never-ending orgasm. Johnny wants to be touched and, if possible, he'd like to seem happy. Colin wants to know why tits make his fists clench.Th...

England, 1989–2009. Jim Thorne ist ein sensibler Außenseiter mit musischem Talent und einer sehr schrägen Familie – allen voran die Albright Sisters, sprich seine wenig berühmte Mutter und ihre ziemlich berühmten Schwestern. Jim neigt dazu, sich die falschen Mädchen auszusuchen. Daher kommt nach seiner ersten großen erotischen Liebe – einem aufblasbaren Delphin namens Dilly – erst mal sehr lange nichts. Dafür versucht er beständig, sich aus dem Schatten der Albright-Frauen zu lösen, die in...

Joseph Stracci was Harlem Mafia soldier associated with the Lucchese crime family. A brother-in-law of ex-Welfare Island inmate Joseph "Tough Joe" Rao, Stracci was closely tied to corruption in the New York garment district. The tandem of Stracci and Rao were also connected to dirty politics at Tammany Hall. Democratic Party leader Carmine De Sapio and ex-judge Francis Xavier Mancuso were two politicians who were thought to have been influenced by the Lucchese Mafia.

How do you write a novel?Practising novelists and teachers of creative writing reveal their working methods and offer practical advice. Subjects covered range from magic realism to characterisation, surrealism to historical fiction, via perspective, plot twists and avoiding being boring, among many others.This book is forcreative writing studentswriters and readers of novelsteachers of creative writingWith co...

Achieve life-changing results for your body—greater mobility, better functionality, enhanced performance, and less pain—in as little as 9 minutes a day.In Better Stretching, Joe Yoon brings you the tips and techniques he gives world class athletes, and provides you with an entirely new way to think about stretching. You won't need 90 complicated minutes to get more agile—you'll just need 9! And your results will improve dramatically—and stay that w...