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There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. Yet it is both a popular text to be studied at school and an enigma. The scene is a country road. There is a solitary tree. It is evening. Two tramp-like figures, Vladimir and Estragon, exchange words. Pull off boots. Munch a root vegetable. Two other curious characters enter. And a boy. Time passes. It is all strange yet familiar.

Timothy and Jonah, wealthy entrepreneurs with a spoiled son, hide sins from their past—one involving a death on a cruise, the other a crime in Bali. Nathan and Samantha, the hot ex-nanny turned trophy wife, grapple with infertility and a shocking paternity secret. Bartosz and Angelika (he’s a chef, she’s a former sex worker) carry debts to the other couples they don’t even realize they owe. Over fourteen days, the couples bond—but their pasts are too deeply intertwined to stay hidden. The sly concierge, Putu, knows more than he lets on.

In the long, restless summer after their final exams, Matthew, Rez and Cocker are done with school - and determined to feel everything at full volume. Drugs, drink, porn, late-night gaming, bravado and boredom blur into a heady mix of nihilism and misplaced grandeur. What begins as celebration slides steadily towards something darker. Set in post-boom Dublin, Here Are the Young Men is a blistering portrait of masculinity untethered - a generation raised online, overstimulated and spiritually adrift.

Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he...

'A charming and fun read that will have you pining for a summer on a misty Irish island' - Georgie Tilney, author of Beach Rivals A wildly romantic story on a wild island with the promise of hope, redemption and self-discovery at its core. Cordelia James was once at the top of her game-a...

'Charming but unsentimental, Spirit Level is a hilarious and genuinely moving story about grief and friendship' IRISH TIMES 'It's touching, intriguing and GAS! About friendship and anxiety and ghosts and being a man. I enjoyed it very much' - Marian Keyes 'Spirit Level is an outrageously...

Bloomsbury presents A Beautiful Pint by Ian Ryan, read by Seán Burke. What makes a perfect pint of Guinness? What are the criteria for a great pub? And where can you find them? Ian Ryan, founder of Sh*t London Guinness and Beautiful Pints, can answer these questions and help you find a...

How to Press America's Reset Button lays out exactly how you can take back control of your government by severing the ever-increasing power that lobbyists, billionaires, and other special-interest groups have over our elected officials. This down-to-earth, easy-to-listen-to handbook was written by a man whose concern for his children's future inspired him to search for a way that he could personally change the country's course for the better.