Ergebnis für "Method" in Literatur & Belletristik

Henri Koskinen, der stets an Vernunft und Ordnung glaubt, zieht bei der Malerin Laura Helanto und ihrer Tochter ein. Trotz aller Turbulenzen scheint es für den Versicherungsmathematiker und Abenteuerparkbesitzer endlich aufwärtszugehen. Doch wie lässt sich die unkalkulierbare Realität einer bunt zusammengewürfelten Familie mit den permanenten Betrügereien und kriminellen Machenschaften im Freizeitgeschäft in Einklang bringen? Vor allem wenn es nur einen gemeinsamen Nenner gibt: die geringe Toleranz angesichts einer steigenden Zahl von Leichen.

THE PRUMONT METHOD is a darkly funny story capturing the wild last gasp of a family in retrograde against the backdrop of gun violence run amok in America. Staring down the barrel of a crumbling career and imploding marriage, "math hobbyist" Roger Prumont, unwittingly creates a formula that might predict when and where the next mass shooting occurs. He hits the road (where he’s joined by his unimpressed daughter) to test whether the Method could actually save lives, except he might just be risking his own in the process.

Mallory’s Manly Methods is a comedic novel about a blundering young professional. Kevin Mallory is such an accomplished liar he has convinced himself he has an almost average life. He tries to use his exceptional skill at prevarication to hang onto his job without doing any work, win the love of his co-worker without recognizing who she really is, take advantage of the young Black man who moves in next door, and manipulate the police and the courts into accepting his warped idea of justice.

Starting a cannabis company is supposed to be chill, right? George, Brandy and Marcus are about to find out just how sobering the cannabis business can be.