Sherman McCoy is a WASP bond trader and self-appointed Master of the Universe . He has a fashionable wife a Park Avenue apartment and a Southern mistress. His spectacular fall begins the moment he is involved in an accident in the Bronx. Prosecutors newspaper hacks... Lees meer.

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Insinuating haunting and lyrically pervasive The New York Times Book ReviewA new translation by Tim ParksTwenty years after making his fortune in America Eel is drawn back to the closest thing he has to a home. the Piedmontese countryside where he grew up poor and... Lees meer.

Gunpowder treason and a plot like no other AN OBSERVER TOP 10 DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2024 LONGLISTED FOR SCOTLAND S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 This story ignites a fire in your heart ANYA BERGMAN An explosive re-imagining rich and memorable... Lees meer.

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A phenomenal haunting debut. Gillian Flynn author of Gone Girl Kaycee Mitchell died. And everyone has been lying about it. For years. Ten years ago Abby Williams left her hometown behind. Ever since she has tried her best to forget the past. The sinister Game th... Lees meer.

The one man she s always wanted is now the sexy sheriff of their hometown. Battered but not broken grad student Brianna Avery returns to the childhood home she abandoned four years ago. With her abusive ex behind bars Bree needs the summer to relax and recover before... Lees meer.

A phenomenal haunting debut. Gillian Flynn Nothing burns as bright as the truth.It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small-town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago she has a thriving... Lees meer.

With the powers they acquire from a spinster who is studying to be a witch three English children have a series of exciting and perilous adventures traveling on a flying bed that takes them to a London police station a tropical island and back in time to the seventee... Lees meer.

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Unique insights from pioneers of Google s Startup Accelerator on why building teams is harder than building tech and a proven way to develop a strong resilient and effective team. Most startups fail not because of a bad product poor timing... Lees meer.

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Examination Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Literature grade. 1 4 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz language. English abstract. This is a study of Tom Wolfe s unique prose style. The focus is on his most successful novel The Bonfire... Lees meer.

One night in the Bronx a millionaire Sherman McCoy and his mistress have an accident. The next day a young Black is in hospital in a coma as McCoy heads for disaster. His humiliation is at the centre of a satire on the decaying class racial and political structure of... Lees meer.

An exhilarating satire of Eighties excess that captures the effervescent spirit of New York from one of the greatest writers of modern American proseSherman McCoy is a WASP bond trader and self-appointed Master of the Universe . He has a fashionable wife a Park Aven... Lees meer.

Amateur sleuth Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband Nicholas Brisbane face their latest adventure in this novella by New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn. It s the autumn of 1890 and almost a year has passed since-much to their surprise-Lady Julia a... Lees meer.