John O'Farrell Knihy

Michael Adams žije s třemi dalšími muži kolem třicítky v pronajatém bytě. Celé dny tráví v posteli, hraje počítačové hry a tu a tam trochu pracuje. A pak, když má náladu, přejede na opačnou stranu řeky a vrátí se ke své nic netušící manželce a dětem. Michael žije dvojím životem - uniká z vyčerpávajícího stereotypu péče kolem dětí tím, že své ženě tvrdí, že musí pracovat přes noc nebo odjet kvůli nějaké zakázce na sever. A zatímco se s nimi Catherine statečně potýká sama, její manžel se nachází jen pár mil od ní ve svém tajném bytě a dělá všechny ty věci, o kterých si může většina otců s malými dětmi nechat jen zdát. Myslí si, že může mít obojí, ale jeho podvod je nakonec nevyhnutelně odhalen..

Jimmy Conway chtěl být vždycky slavný. Jako malý kluk si dokonce tajně schoval hromádku dopisů, v nichž sám sobě radil, jak se má v budoucnu vyrovnat se vší tou slávou a bohatstvím, které s ní jde ruku v ruce. Když je se svými poněkud legračními dopisy konfrontován hluboko po třicítce, nemůže si pomoct, aby se necítil sám sebou poněkud zklamaný. A tak začíná jeho podivuhodná cesta do světa slavných a populárních lidí. Jimmy se díky vytáčkám a výmyslům klopotně dostává opravdu na samotný vrchol, až se náhle ocitne v prekérní situaci – má sám vystoupit na pódiu a rozesmát nabité divadlo v představení živě přenášeném milionům televizních diváků. A nastává zásadní problém – Jimmy nikdy v životě na pódiu nestál, natož aby celý večer někoho bavil…

Zatímco většina manželů snadno zapomene, že jejich žena má ráno důležitou schůzku, že měli dojít nakoupit, někdy dokonce i na výročí svatby, hrdina O’Farrellova románu v jediném okamžiku ztráty paměti zapomene manželčino jméno i tvář, všechno, co spolu prožili, i to, že vůbec nějakou manželku má. Bohužel už si nepamatuje ani na to, že se se svojí ženou právě rozvádí, a znovu se do ní zamiluje. Muž, který zapomněl, že má ženu, je zábavný i dojemný příběh muže odhodlaného udělat cokoli, aby vrátil ručičky hodin a získal zpět život, o který přišel.

Examines how England's peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne. This title explores the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain's kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel. It is a journey through Britain' bizarre history.

"Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no-one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late. Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round. She was smiling and telling the British people to f*** off at the same time. It was something we would have to get used to.' Things Can Only Get Better is the personal account of a Labour supporter who survived eighteen miserable years of Conservative government. It is the heartbreaking and hilarious confessions of someone who has been actively involved in helping the Labour party lose elections at every level- school candidate- door-to-door canvasser- working for a Labour MP in the House of Commons; standing as a council candidate; and eventually writing jokes for a shadow cabinet minister. Along the way he slowly came to realise that Michael Foot would never be Prime Minister, that vegetable quiche was not as tasty as chicken tikki masala and that the nuclear arms race was never going to be stopped by face painting alone."

Re-live the glory and the heartache of England's greatest ever game - and THAT World Cup Final back in 2022. Well now itâe(tm)s 2022 and the discussion is finally over, England have eleven players as good as any of them. The unbeatable national team have reached the final of the Qatar World Cup. But one journalist is convinced there is a scandalous secret behind Englandâe(tm)s incredible form. His lifetimeâe(tm)s dream is to see the Three Lions win the World Cup. But if he pursues and exposes the shocking truth, his beloved England could be sent home in disgrace. Suddenly this is much more than England vs Germany; itâe(tm)s Love vs Duty, itâe(tm)s Truth vs Happiness. The pressure of the penalty shoot-out is nothing compared to this. Thereâe(tm)s Only Two David Beckhams is John Oâe(tm)Farrellâe(tm)s love-letter to football; part-detective story, part-sports memoir, part-satire on the whole corrupt FIFA circus; it just made the final for the funniest football fiction ever written...

Controlling maternal obsession. Alice feels panic stricken at the terrors of the modern world. She worries too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental maths. She frets that there are too many cars on the road to let them out of the 4x4. Finally she resolves to take control and tackle her biggest worry of all, her daughter is not going to fail that secondary school entrance exam because Alice has decided to take the test in her child's place....

A copywriter in an advertising agency secretly lives a precarious double life in an attempt to escape the strain of parenthood. He thinks he can have it all, until his deception is inevitably exposed.

'This week the first pet passports came into effect. Around the country dogs have been hopping into photo booths and trying to look as relaxed as possible, which is not easy when you know you're not allowed on the chair.'Gathered here are the best of John O'Farrell's newspaper columns for the Guardian and the Independent which saw him win the coveted Best Columnist of the Year Award at the prestigious British Liars Awards. Among many other things, he claims that the only conviction in the Tory Party will be when Jeffrey Archer gets sent to prison; that scientists have created a genetically superior monkey which will advertise lapsang souchong instead of PG Tips; and that with the election of George W. Bush, the global village has finally got its own global village idiot.