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Two auditors for the US egg industry go rogue and conceive a plot to steal a million chickens in the middle of the night - an entire egg farm's worth of animals. Janey and Cleveland - a spirited former runaway and the officious head of audits - assemble a precarious, quarrelsome team and descend on the farm on a dark spring evening. A series of catastrophes ensues.

Edi Parcell thought she had life all planned out, so when her childhood sweetheart proposes a three-month break to date other people, she’s shocked. Unexpectedly back on the dating scene after years with the same guy, this is the first opportunity Edi’s had to think about what she really wants from life—and love. When she meets Winifred, her world is turned upside down. She never expected to have feelings for someone else, but now she’s met Winifred, she can’t stop thinking about her.

Alla utom Theo Caspar firade att första världskriget var slut. Hans upplevelser i skyttegravarna hade varit alltför smärtsamma för att han skulle kunna vara glad och fira. Att han kallades krigshjälte var för honom likgiltigt. När filmproducenten Letty Lackland stöter ihop med honom samma kväll blir hon genast fascinerad av hans vackra men sorgsna ansikte. Han skulle passa perfekt som stjärnan i hennes nästa film! Claire Rayner (1932-2010) var utbildad sjuksköterska och arbetade på flera olika sjukhus i London.

Лауреат Букеровской премии Джулиан Барнс — один из самых ярких и оригинальных прозаиков современной Британии, автор таких международных бестселлеров, как "Одна история", "Шум времени", "Предчувствие конца", "Артур и Джордж", "История мира в 10½ главах", "Попугай Флобера" и многих других. Возможно, основной его талант — умение легко и естественно играть стилями и направлениями. Тонкая стилизация и едкая ирония, утонченный лиризм и доходящий чуть ли не до цинизма сарказм, агрессивная жесткость и веселое озорство — Барнсу подвластно все это и многое другое.

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A cracking collection of comic monologues, written and read by leading comedians Recorded in front of a live audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this fantastic anthology features a host of diverse short stories, composed and performed by a veritable Who's Who of stand-up comedians. By...