Mr Mack's dog Rover sells is own poo to the gigglers - small creatures who take revenge on any adult who treats children unfairly by making the unsuspecting adults step in poo. When the gigglers set out to exact punishment on Mr Mack, Rover knows he doesn't deserve it, and the race is on to get to him before he takes that fatal step.
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer only works one night a year - but, unfortunately, he's chosen Christmas Eve to take a sickie. When your star sleigh-puller is stable-ridden with the flu, what do you do? You call Rover. Join, Rover, Robbie, Jimmy and Kayla for a fantastic race against time.
Trainspotting to dziś powieść już niemal kultowa. Ten literacki debiut Irvine'a Welsha sprzedał się na Wyspach Brytyjskich w blisko milionowym nakładzie, doczekał się przekładów na kilkanaści języków i wreszcie został sfilmowany przez Danny'ego Boyle'a. Irvine Welsh (ur. 1958) to w tej chwili jeden z najpopularniejszych angielskich, a właściwie co sam zaznacza szkockich pisarzy, choć obecnie autor mieszka w Irlandii. Ale tę szkockość widać w jego powieściach, ich akcja toczy się w Edynburgu (najczęściej) i to stamtąd pochodzi sam Welsh i bohaterowie jego książek, w tym także oczywiście także powieści Trainspotting, która jest portretem grupy przyjaciół, młodych ludzi, ćpunów, śworów, a przy tym ludzi wrażliwych i na swój specyficzny sposób inteligentnych. Zarzucano Welshowi, że gloryfikuje narkomanię. Istotnie, główny bohater powieści Mark Renton wychwala heroinowego kopa pod niebiosa, a autor wydaje się patrzyć na świat oczami swoich bohaterów i opisywać go ich językiem. Ale przecież Welsh pokazuje także koszmarne strony narkotykowego uzależnienia, a to że stroni od taniej dydaktyki to tylko zaleta.
Mr Mack is out of a job and sets his mind to inventions - whilst unbeknownst to him Mrs Mack decides to walk around the world without telling anyone. Unfortunately Mr Mack's inventions get him into trouble when he's arrested for inadvertently holding up a bank, so it's up to his children and their amazing dog, Rover, to track down Mrs Mack and save the day.
En flok unge arbejdsløse fra Dublin beslutter sig til at danne et band, men indbyrdes modsætninger får det hele til at ramle sammen, lige inden den første pladekontrakt er i hus.
My name is Paula Spencer. I am thirty-nine years old. It was my birthday last week. I was married for eighteen years. My husband died last year. He was shot by the Guards. He left me a year before that. I threw him out. His name was Charles Spencer; every
Returning to Belfast after a long absense, to attend her fathers funeral. This is a novel, about coming to terms with the past and the healing power of music, GRACE NOTES is a master story-tellers triumphant return to the long form: a powerful lyrical novel of great distinction.
Ollie Ewing is barely surviving. Back home in Sligo, he's collecting trolleys in a supermarket car park and living in a run-down house with a group of art students. He has lost his child-like innocence and he can't escape what has happened in London. Tormented by old fears and regrets, he loses himself in everyday routine and is kept going by his painfully black sense of humour. Finally, Ollie steels himself to return to England to confront his demons. He re-enters a world of casual labour and protection rackets on the building sites of London; a world peopled by sinister figures such as Silver John and Scots Bob; an intimidating world of uncertain justice where violence will easily erupt. Sudden Times is a powerful and shocking psychological thriller, revealing its truth through a growing awareness of the skewed and unreliable consciousness of its narrator. The result is a masterpiece of sustained tension.
Book by CATHERINE DUNNE
