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Brilantní bláznivá parodie na reklamou zhlouplý svět Totální kolaps je fenomén, k němuž dochází, když hustota dopravy dosáhne takových rozměrů, že se město zastaví. Zácpu nelze uvolnit, protože proudy navzájem se blokujících vozidel nemají kam uhnout. Takové je vyvrcholení humoristicko satirického románu, na jehož počátku stojí vysněný vynález motoru spalujícího vodík, jímž tělesně postižený vědec chce ulehčit život své přítelkyni upoutané na invalidní vozík. Vynález se však nehodí do krámu výrobkům automobilů a tak zosnují ďábelský plán, jak se ukradeného patentu zbavit tím, že ho za největší odstupné v dějinách odprodají státům produkujících ropu, které by výrobou vozu s takovým motorem přišly o pohádkové zisky. Nikdo však nepočítá s houževnatostí a odvahou životem zocelené vozíčkářky, kterou automobil připravil o možnost chodit.

Thriller o filmovém režiséru, který natáčí filmy o zabijácích a sám se stane obětí násilného činu, navíc v přímém televizním přenosu. Režisér Bruce Delamitry je oslavován společností i médii, neboť právě obdržel filmového Oskara za svůj akční film o frajerských zabijácích, kde nešetří proudy krve, sexuálními zvrhlostmi a násilím všeho druhu. Po Spojených státech právě projíží dvojice mladistvých zabijáků, kteří vraždí jen z potěšení, bez motivu, prostě maniaci. Tato dvojice vnikne do domu oskarového oslavence a za přítomnosti televizních kamer, předvede vraždění v přímém přenosu, pro celou Ameriku. Kniha má být zamyšlením nad společností, která se každý večer nechává omývat proudy krve z televizní obrazovky, nad světem, kde mediální pseudorealita vítězí na celé čáře

Sam a Lucy vypadají jako naprosto dokonalý pár. Jsou úspěšní, šťastní a milují se. Ovšem život není zdaleka tak jednoduchý. Lucy si myslím že Sam je ubohá černá díra, ve které se beznadějně vytratí veškeré city a jež by si daleko raději četla noviny než aby měla vůbec nějaký pocit. Sam si myslí, že ho Lucy obviňuje, protože nedokáže projít kolem obchodu s mateřským a kojeneckým zbožím, aniž by se rozbrečela. Objevil se totiž problém: možná jsou neplodní. A nejen pokud jde o děti. Lucy touží po dítěti, Sam si přeje napsat filmový trhák. A za předpokladu, že průměrný cyklus léčby neplodnosti s umělým oplodněním má pravděpodobnost úspěšnosti jedna ku pěti, Lucy má daleko lepší naději, že uspěje. To, čím Sam s Lucy mají projít, je zcela nepředstavitelné. Otázka je, zda to dokáže přežít jejich láska. Někdy je možné, že si něco přejeme až moc. A právě v tu chvíli riskujeme, že o to nadobro přijdeme.

Co se stane, když si jeden z nejvýše postavených členů americké generality předurčený stát se předsedou sboru náčelníků štábu a mající reálnou šanci usednout jednou až v Bílém domě usmyslí vyřešit konečně bolestný problém,který ho pronásleduje už od dob, kdy jako pouhý kapitán na základně Greenham Common v Británii hlídal strategické rakety s jadernými hlavicemi, jenomže se neuhlídal, ztratil hlavu a netakticky se zamiloval do svého ideologického nepřítele, mladičké mírové aktivistky, radikální anarchistky a militantní feministky?

Then look no further. Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty is the book for you. Here, at last, for the first time, are the full scripts of one of British television's funniest comedies. Follow the hilarious misadventures of the despicable Edmund Blackadder and his dimwitted sidekick Baldrick through four centuries of hopelessly mangled English history: from medieval nastiness through English history: from medieval nastiness through Elizabethan and Regency glory, to the mud and sauteed rats of the First World War. Aside from the ball-bouncingly funny scripts themselves, Blackadder also features special bonus sections: "Instruments of Torture in the Late Middle Ages"; "Medieval Medicine" ("1. Herbs; 2. Leeches; 3. Saw It Off"); and an indispensable "Index of Blackadder's Finest Insults".

Berlin 1920 Two babies are born. Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood. As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice....Which one of them will survive? Ben Elton's most personal novel to date,Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour.

If you had one chance to change history...Where would you go? What would you do? Who would you kill? It's the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth. No one he has ever known or loved has been born yet. Perhaps now they never will be. Stanton knows that a great and terrible war is coming. A collective suicidal madness that will destroy European civilization and bring misery to millions in the century to come. He knows this because, for him, that century is already history. Somehow he must change that history. He must prevent the war. A war that will begin with a single bullet. But can a single bullet truly corrupt an entire century? And, if so, could another single bullet save it?

Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines.

HIGH SOCIETY is a story or rather a collection of interconnected stories that takes the reader on a hilarious, heart breaking and terrifying journey through the kaleidoscope world that the law has created and from which the law offers no protection.

Small, well appointed future. Semi detached. If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it's only sensible to make alternative arrangements. Certainly the Earth has its good points, but what most people need is something smaller and more manageable. Of course there are those who say that's planetary treason, but who cares what the weirdos and terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that's there's somebody left to see it. In marketing terms the end of the world will be very big. Anyone trying to save it should remember that. "From the Paperback edition."

With old friends like these, who needs enemies?It's a question mild mannered detective Edward Newson is forced to ask himself when, in romantic desperation, he logs on to the Friends Reunited website in search of the girlfriends of his youth. Newson is not the only member of the Class of take back '88 who has been raking over the ashes of the past. As his old class begins to reassemble in cyberspace, the years slip away and old feuds and passions burn hot once more.Meanwhile, back in the present, Newson's life is no less complicated. He is secretly in love with Natasha, his lovely but very attached sergeant, and failing comprehensively to solve a series of baffling and peculiarly gruesome murders. A school reunion is planned and as history begins to repeat itself, the past crashes headlong into the present. Neither will ever be the same again.In Past Mortem, Ben Elton - previous winner of The Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Popcorn - delivers both a heart-stopping thriller and a killer comic romance.

The war on drugs has been lost but for want of the courage to face the fact that the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From pop stars and princes to crack whores and street kids. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime. HIGH SOCIETY is a story or rather a collection of interconnected stories that takes the reader on a hilarious, heart breaking and terrifying journey through the kaleidoscope world that the law has created and from which the law offers no protection.

‘Ben Elton’s 16th novel proves yet again what a genuinely talented comic novelist he is – it’s expertly crafted, very clever and really funny’ Harry Ritchie, Daily Mail Why are we all so hostile? So quick to take offence? Truly we are living in the age of outrage. A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of hashtags, his already complex investigation is further impeded by the fact that he simply doesn’t ‘get’ a single thing about anything anymore. Meanwhile, each day another public figure confesses to having ‘misspoken’ and prostrates themselves before the judgement of Twitter. Begging for forgiveness, assuring the public “that is not who I am”. But if nobody is who they are anymore - then who the f##k are we? Ben Elton returns with a blistering satire of the world as it fractures around us. Get ready for a roller-coaster thriller, where nothing - and no one - is off limits. ‘Fast, funny and close to the bone’ Mail on Sunday 'A state-of-the-nation satire so sharp it’s a wonder its pages don’t leave paper cuts’ I paper

Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion. Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd. In his own small ways, he wants to push against the system. But in this world, uniformity is everything. And even tiny defiances won't go unnoticed. Ben Elton's dark, savagely comic novel imagines a post-apocalyptic society where religious intolerance combines with a sex-obsessed, utterly egocentric culture. In this world, nakedness is modesty, independent thought subversive, and ignorance is wisdom. A chilling vision of what's to come? Or something rather closer to home?

One house, ten contestants, thirty cameras, forty microphones, one murder and no evidence. Dead Famous is a killer read from Ben Elton u Reality TV as you've never seen it before.

SF. The earth is dying due to the Greenhouse effect. A convention of the world's meanest wheeler-dealer money men seek ways to escape. A Pommie poseur from a small town in Western Australia becomes involved in the battle for survival.

"Chart Throb" is the ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner. And that's Colin Simms, the genius behind the show. Colin always wins because Colin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers whom he has pre-selected in his carefully scripted 'search' for a star, he has no idea that the rules are changing. The 'real' is about to be put back into 'reality' television and Colin and his fellow judges (the nation's favourite mum and the other bloke) are about to become ex-factors themselves. Ben Elton, author of "Popcorn and Dead Famous" returns to blistering comic satire with a savagely hilarious deconstruction of the world of modern television talent shows. "Chart Throb" is about one winner and a whole bunch of losers.

After the irresponsible, ignorant bliss of financial boom, stockbroker Jimmy and his family are forced to confront financial meltdown in this hilarious and deeply pertinent domestic drama.