'John O'Farrell couldn't be unfunny if he tried' Alan Johnson 'A touch of self-deprecation and a sense of humour... John O'Farrell has these qualities in spades' Guardian 'O'Farrell is a consistently humorous writer with an acute ear for the absurdities of middle class pretension' Mail on Sunday _________________ All across Britain, a generation of grown-up children are graduating from university, moving back in to their old bedrooms and showing their gratitude by berating their parents for their out-of-date politics. But for proud and high-profile left-wingers Emma and Eddie Hughes, the return of their only child is a far greater challenge than they ever could have anticipated. Young Dylan had warned them there was something personal he needed to tell them, but nothing could have prepared his right-on parents for the shocking revelation he delivers. Their son is a Conservative. John O'Farrell's highly popular family novels such as May Contain Nuts or The Best A Man Can Get meet the razor-sharp political satire of Things Can Only Get Better in this hilarious and warm-hearted antidote to our divided times. Read it and pass it on to that annoying relative who votes the other way.
John O'Farrell Pořadí knih
John O'Farrell je spisovatel, jehož díla zkoumají složitost lidských vztahů a humorné absurdity každodenního života. Jeho romány, známé svým vtipným pozorováním a přístupným stylem, čtenáře vtahují do příběhů plných neočekávaných zvratů a hlubokého porozumění lidské povaze. Kromě beletristiky se O'Farrell věnuje také nebeletristickým žánrům, kde uplatňuje svůj charakteristický pohled na historii a politiku. Jeho psaní je obohaceno o zkušenosti z oblasti komedie a satiry, což mu umožňuje s lehkostí a bystrostí komentovat společenské jevy.







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Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher
Im Tal des Fuchses. Der Mann, der seine Frau vergaß. 61 Stunden. Der Coup von Marseille
- 2014
Tvůj stín. Muž, který zapomněl, že má ženu. Velice zvláštní vražda v Malajsii. Hvězdný třpyt
- 576 stránek
- 21 hodin čtení
- 2013
A Tube train is trapped underground due to an economic collapse above. It explores how this situation arose and how the passengers will escape, potentially breaking the unspoken rules of Underground etiquette by communicating with one another.
- 2012
Muž, který zapomněl, že má ženu
- 365 stránek
- 13 hodin čtení
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.
- 2009
An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
Or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes As Always
- 374 stránek
- 14 hodin čtení
Elucidates the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945
- 2007
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.
- 2003
This Is Your Life
- 328 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
It's a big night at the London Palladium. As Jimmy Conway steps out blinking into the spotlights live on national television, he can't help wondering whether he should have perhaps shared his little secret with someone by now. Jimmy has never done any performing of any sort ever before... Just as 'bogus doctors' are occasionally discovered working in hospitals, Jimmy Conway has become a 'bogus celebrity'; winning an award for something he never did, being photographed in Hello! in someone else's house, and ultimately making a fool of the entire mad and shallow celebrity merry-go-round.
- 2002
Global Village Idiot
- 352 stránek
- 13 hodin čtení
'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.





