Zeigt Titel in Schwarzer Humor

Was ist gut? Was ist böse? Diese skurrile, von schwarzem Humor angehauchte Komödie stellt so manche vermeintliche Gewissheit auf den Kopf. Zwei ältere Schwestern, Judy und Titty, leben mit ihrem Mops Filippo in einer etwas heruntergekommenen toskanischen Landvilla. Judy, die etwas Jüngere von beiden, war bereits in ihrer Jugend nach Italien ausgewandert, um dort als Wedding Planner zu arbeiten; ihre kettenrauchende Schwester Titty heiratete indes einen Engländer und zog erst nach dessen Tod in die Villa.

Absolute Anhedonia is a satirical novel about Jeff Winters, a man living in a dystopian society. Believing life to be meaningless, Jeff has lost the ability to feel anything. He is addicted to the internet, working, and generally tries to avoid contact with other people as much as realistically possible. When he makes a big mistake at his job, Jeff is forced to abandon his comfort zone and flees to an island with no real plan.

Years on from Trainspotting Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realise his ambitions within the Adult industries, Sick Boy must team up with old pal and fellow exile Mark Renton.

Nina does not have a drinking problem. She likes a drink, sure. But what 17-year-old doesn't? Nina's mum isn't so sure. But she's busy with her new husband and five-year-old Katie. Nina's almost an adult, after all. And if Nina sometimes wakes up with little memory of what happened the night before, then her friends are all too happy to fill in the blanks. Nina's drunken exploits are the stuff of college legend. But then one dark Sunday morning, even her friends can't help piece together Saturday night.

""The Award begins as a wryly funny satire of thwarted literary ambition, but it quickly evolves into something darker and more disturbing. Matthew Pearl’s addictive and propulsive novel has the twisted nightmare logic of a Patricia Highsmith thriller.""—Tom Perrotta, New York Times...

Dieser Ort sollte unsere Hoffnung sein. Entpuppt er sich jetzt als unser Untergang? Die Lage um uns herum spitzt sich zu und ich habe das Gefühl, dass nur ich uns alle retten kann. Stell den Kaffee auf, es geht weiter!

A man goes to terrifying extremes to adopt his celebrity doppelganger's life in this darkly comedic psychological suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Upgrade. The basis for the upcoming A24 film Famous, starring Zac Efron. “My name is Lancelot Blue...

Maria ha vent'anni, studia a Milano in Bocconi, ha una camera in un appartamento centralissimo, frequenta locali di grido, i suoi amici sono gender-fluid e i suoi compagni di corso guidano Porsche e Lamborghini. È il suo strano mondo. O così - strano - sembra a suo padre Gil, che invece abita in provincia, a Pavia, e ha più di sessant'anni. Gil adora Maria, e come non potrebbe? Ma tra lui e lei, figlia unica, passano due generazioni.

Clark Kind, ein klassischer Tagedieb, wird 45 und er beschließt sein Leben zu ändern.Was dann geschieht ist manchmal absurd, manchmal grotesk und für einen morbiden Humor immer unterhaltsam.

Die Sekretärin schweigt, statt ein schwungvolles Eröffnungswort zu schwingen? Wie kann denn so etwas sein? - Die Antwort liegt in der grassierenden Grippewelle, welche die gute Dame umgehauen hat. Als verantwortungsbewusster Chef setzt Heff natürlich alles daran, seine anderen Angestellten vor der Infektion zu schützen … und wenn es sie das Leben kostet!

There are angels, and they are not beneficent or loving. But they do watch over us. They watch our lives unfold, analyzing us for repeating patterns and redundancies. When they find them, the angels simplify those patterns and remove the redundancies, and the problem that is "you" gets solved.

Das Ende ist immer erst der Anfang! Begleitet Rüdiger auf seiner (vorerst) letzten Reise. Wie wird es weitergehen? Wie ergeht es seinen Freunden? Und mit wem zum Teufel, redet er da die ganze Zeit? Bis zum letzten Biss spannend!

Die letzte Episode hat uns ja ganz schön durchgerüttelt. Aber es ist nur wenig Zeit zum Verschnaufen. Siehst du den Silberstreifen am Horizont? Ich nicht. Mir fehlt noch der Kaffee.

In the early 1970s, Poe is living a nomadic life, hopping trains, sleeping rough, and juggling to feed himself. He eventually settles in Philadelphia and masters his street act before ever-growing crowds. When one of his fellow buskers presents him with an opportunity—a bank heist—he should have refused, an innocent bystander is killed, and he splits town a felon.

An incisive workplace satire and twisty murder mystery featuring a young executive assistant who realizes the peril in being diligently attentive to her boss's whims. As the assistant of the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Nicole Underwood has plenty of tasks on her to-do list—one of which is...

A Most Anticipated Book of 2026 Goodreads Forbes CrimeReads "A love letter to Amy Dunne of Gone Girl." —Olivia Muenter, USA Today bestselling author of Such a Bad Influence and Little One "Sharp, hilarious, and painfully relatable." —Monika Kim, author of The Eyes Are the Best Part...

Whitt hat kein Bock zu sterben. Vor allem nicht mehrmals. Doch genau das erwartet ihn beim "Immortal Contest": dort soll er sich an seinem unsterblichen Tag live umbringen lassen. Auch wenn er am Tag der Show über Superkräfte verfügt - sein Leben würde er trotzdem nicht aufs Spiel setzen. Aber Whitt hat keine Wahl: Dem Sieger des Immortal Contests winken eine Million Dollar Preisgeld, weshalb sein Bruder ihn an die Show verkauft hat - und es ist nicht so einfach, sich gegen eine Entführung zu wehren, wenn man im Rollstuhl sitzt.

The adventure continues. Tim and the C and C gang face their most difficult challenges yet. Horses die. Eyeballs are eaten. People are urinated on. A god is born.

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the...

Pregnant and secretly married, Cheryl Anway scribbles what becomes her last will and testament on a school binder shortly before a rampaging trio of misfit classmates gun her down in a high school cafeteria. For a handful of people still reeling from that horrific day, life remains derailed.