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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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  The Claus Are Out - What it’s...

  Darren Scott Sommer

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  You’d think that being a Shopping Centre Santa at Christmas in Australia might be fun, but it’s actually full of tears, screaming, and tantrums… and the kids can be pretty wild, too. While working as a Stand-up Comedian, Darren Scott Sommer is suddenly thrust into the Big Red Suit at a major Adelaide shopping centre for an entire month. He used to think that handling hecklers was easy, but 6-year-olds can be really mean. 
  In this hilarious and eye-opening memoir, discover what really happens when you step into Santa’s boots. Follow Darren’s journey as he takes on the role at one of Adelaide’s biggest shopping centres in the outer suburb of Elizabeth. This is where he will spend the next four weeks remembering reindeer names, listening to requests for the latest toys, and being peed on by small children. 
  And before he can even settle into his new and unusual position, he finds himself being accused by centre management of promising an Xbox to an 8-year-old, getting asked by a little girl if Santa could bring her mum home from the hospital, and being told by a 12-year-old boy that he’s not the real Santa Claus… all while struggling to deal with the incredible heat that wearing wool, microfibre, and a polyester beard will produce in the middle of an Australian summer. 
  Equal parts comedy and confession, this book is for anyone who’s ever wondered what life is like behind the big white beard—and for those who know that sometimes the funniest stories come from the most unexpected places. 
  This is Santa, unwrapped.

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  Romeo and Juliet Keep Their Eyes...

  Richard Engling

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  “Richard Engling knows Chicago’s famously chaotic and glorious storefront theater scene like the back of his hand. It's the perfect setting for absurd comic hi-jinx.”
   
  – Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
   
  
   
  In this hilarious follow-up to Give My Regards to Nowhere, Chicago director Dwayne Finnegan has another crack at the big time if only his production of Romeo and Juliet can shine. However, Dwayne shares rehearsal space with a psychedelic drug cult that believes Dwayne’s production is evil. The cult sabotages him. His actors rebel. His publicist gets entangled with a loan shark. Bones are broken, the production drops into chaos, Dwayne’s marriage hangs by a thread, but despite it all, the show must go on.
   
  
   
  Praise for the first Dwayne Finnegan novel:
   
  “As Carl Hiaasen does with his Florida-based satirical crime novels, Engling’s gloriously silly narrative allows his readers to witness how the sausage gets made, which isn't always pretty but is often eye-opening. Engling’s satire on storefront theatre is thoroughly entertaining from start to finish.”
   
  – ChicagoOnStage.com
   
  
   
  “The rollicking ride through the underbelly of the acting world and the determination of a man who sees his world fall apart and come back together in a new way as the show goes on will attract anyone interested in drama, theater, Chicago backdrops, or a drive to succeed against all odds.”
   
  – Midwest Book Review
   
  
   
  “very funny, briskly written, and often touching”
   
  – Mark Larson, author of Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater
   
  
   
  “A scrappy, big-hearted backstage comedy layered with mordant wit and full of a deep, abiding love for its characters, which is wholly appropriate for a story set in the scrappy, big-hearted world of Chicago theater.”
   
  – Adam Langer, author of Cyclorama

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  The Lady in White and Team...

  Steve Beat

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  Steve Beat shares yet another tale of adventure and mayhem this time, surrounding the mysterious lady in white, who makes her presence felt by playing her role in willing Steve Beat’s baseball hero to finally break out of his seemingly never ending batting slump. Steve Beat also shares his story about his bold and daring exploits by bicycle including his treacherous battle through the grueling Colorado countryside, where he meets his former partner in crime.

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  The Byzantine Omelette

  Saki Saki

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  In "The Byzantine Omelette," Saki presents a satirical narrative featuring Sophie Chattel-Monkheim, a wealthy socialist who invites the Duke of Syria to her home. Eager to impress him, she hires a renowned chef, Gaspare, specifically to prepare a Byzantine omelette, a dish the Duke adores. However, chaos erupts when the household staff goes on strike in protest against Gaspare's employment, leading to comedic turmoil.

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  BULLSH!T - 50 Fibs That Made...

  Jonathan Ancer

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  An outrageous miscellany of serious and light-hearted lies, myths, untruths, fibs and fabrications that tells the tall tale of South Africa. 
    
  The fibs come thick and fast, like a burst sewerage pipe:Why everything we’ve learnt about Shaka Zulu, ‘Africa’s Napoleon’, is a pack of lies.Back in the darkest of ages (the 1970s!), citizens were told that there were satanic messages if you played some of The Beatles songs backwards.National icon Hansie Cronje was a paragon of virtue, and integrity … until he wasn’t.President Nelson Mandela told us that we, as a nation, were ‘special’. Turns out we aren’t. 
    
  Whether a fabulous fib, an artful con, a doctor’s spin, or simply a bald-faced lie, there’s something for everyone.

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