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  Seven Lonely Castaways - A...

  J.C. Cummings

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  Ahoy, fellow lovers of all things tropical and naughty!I present to you: Seven Lonely Castaways: A Gilligan’s Island Parody for Adults Only. This fun and steamy tale features everyone’s favorite island castaways as you’ve never experienced them before! Along with the skipper, his first mate, the millionaire and his wife, and the professor are two of the most beautiful and lusted-after lovelies in the history of television...that is to say: one luscious redheaded movie star and one sweet and tempting little farmgirl extraordinaire! Well, what would it be like to make sweet love with either of these legendary island princesses? You are about to experience “tropical paradise” of a whole other order as we venture to a place where the TV cameras of yesteryear — or any year — were never allowed to go!
  A Listen & Live audio production.

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  Tommy Dash: Was It Everything I...

  Bill Scheft

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  Tommy Dash, an unapologetic 60-year-old scuffling LA stand-up comedian, is trying to apologize his way back into show business, one burnt bridge and one more last chance at a time, during the last days of Pre-Trump America. Think Lewis Black, but a little angrier. Think Sam Kinison on a coke budget. Think Bill Maher, without the cable filter. Think Amy Schumer, with a slightly smaller set of balls. Think Samsonite, but with less baggage. A lot of people are waiting for their apology. Ex-wives, daughters, soon-to-be former girlfriends and three generations of fellow comics, celebrities and industry people along the redemptive path. But here's the thing with Tommy Dash. Before you may or may not get a sorry, you get a story. And as Tommy will tell you, he is in it for the stories. And so are we. Despite lovingly referring to himself as a Category 4 shitstorm, we root for him and his emerging heart. We want to hear about the wreckage, sure, but we keep hoping he'll land safely. (Cover art: JoAnna Perrin) Vintage Scheft! I loved it, but that's a given.... - Larry David (Dedicated to the late Nikki Finke, Tommy Dash's first and most steadfast friend)

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  The Death and Life of August...

  Samuel Ashworth

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  On the night he dies, August Sweeney is just pulling himself out of the weeds in the restaurant that was supposed to be his comeback. An immense man of immense appetites, August worked his way up from the bowels of a greasy spoon in Queens to international culinary stardom, and his fall, when it came, left a crater visible from space. When Dr. Maya Zhu, a guarded, intense autopsist, is summoned to investigate, she discovers she must operate under strict conditions Sweeney himself dictated before he died. Over the course of a single day, Zhu's fate becomes forever tied to Sweeney's, and her life, and his death, will change in ways she never imagined. For August Sweeney isn't about to let a little thing like death stop him from raising hell. 
   
   
   
  This is a novel of fame, food, and forensics: The Bear meets Bones. It's a book to make you hungry and ease your fear of death. Ashworth spent weeks working as a prep cook in a Michelin-starred restaurant in France, and learning to perform autopsies at a hospital in Pittsburgh. The result is an unprecedentedly accurate depiction of the restaurant industry, as well as a true New York novel, spanning fifty years of the city's turbulent growth. More than anything, it's a book about the body and its appetites, one that forces us to rethink what it means to live, and what it means to die.

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  Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino...

  Sue Townsend

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  Celebrate Adrian Mole's 50th Birthday with this new edition of the FIFTH BOOK in his diaries, where Adrian faces divorce, fatherhood and (short-lived) television stardom . . . 
   
  Adrian Mole is thirty, single and a father. 
   
  His cooking at a top London restaurant has been equally mocked ('the sausage on my plate could have been a turd') and celebrated (will he be the nation's first celebrity offal chef?). 
   
  And the love of his life, Pandora Braithwaite, is too busy as the newly elected MP for Ashby-de-la-Zouch to notice him. 
   
  Frustrated, disappointed and undersexed, Adrian despairs until a letter from his past changes everything . . . 
   
  'With the Mole books, Townsend has an unrivalled claim to be this country's foremost practising comic novelist' MAIL ON SUNDAY 
   
  'Adrian Mole really is a brilliant comic creation. Every sentence is witty and well thought out, and the whole has reverberations beyond itself' THE TIMES 
   
  'One of the greatest comic creations. I can't remember a more relentlessly funny book' DAILY MIRROR 
   
  'Three cheers for Mole's chaotic, non-achieving, dysfunctional family. We need him' EVENING STANDARD

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  Candide

  Voltaire

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  "Candide" is a satirical novel written by the French philosopher and writer, Voltaire. It was first published in 1759 and is considered one of the most famous works of the Enlightenment era. 
  The novel tells the story of a young man named Candide, who is optimistic and believes that everything happens for the best in the world. However, he is faced with a series of tragic events, including being banished from his home, witnessing a devastating earthquake, and experiencing war and injustice. 
  Throughout the novel, Voltaire uses irony, sarcasm, and parody to critique various aspects of society, including religion, philosophy, politics, and human nature. He questions the idea that this is the best of all possible worlds, as espoused by the philosopher Leibniz, and argues that the world is full of suffering and injustice. 
  Despite its serious themes, "Candide" is also known for its humor and wit. It is filled with absurd characters and events, and its witty satire often takes aim at the hypocrisy and absurdity of society. 
  Overall, "Candide" is a complex work that explores the human condition and the flaws of society through a combination of tragedy and comedy.

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  Haywire: The Best of Craig Brown

  Craig Brown

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  ‘Our greatest living satirist’ Sunday Times  
  ‘The most screamingly funny living writer’ Mail on Sunday  
  From the bestselling and award-winning author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four, a selection of Craig Brown's finest writing collected together for the first time. 
  Haywire presents a survival guide to the 21st century. 
  The acclaimed biographer of Princess Margaret and The Beatles considers such diverse topics as gloves, outer space, the Marx Brothers, Richard Dawkins, Hitler’s hair, John Stonehouse, Katie Price, tongue-twisters, Bruce Springsteen, Harry and Meghan, Stanley Spencer, Brian Epstein, Downton Abbey, Sigmund Freud and Karl Lagerfeld’s cat. 
  With the full battery of the humourist's armoury – clerihews, tongue twisters, whimsy, parody, farce, satire, social observation, nonsense – Brown skewers the fads and delusions of the contemporary world. 
  In this collection, Brown's literary prowess shines through, his language and form of writing, a testament to his status as a Sunday Times bestselling author. His essays and journalism pieces, filled with humour and parodies, offer a unique perspective on popular culture and the arts, making Haywire a must-read. 
  For fans of Rory Stewart (The Marches), Tina Brown (The Palace Papers), Anne Glenconner (Lady in Waiting), Raynor Winn (Landlines), and Peter Doggett (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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