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  Gringos

  Charles Portis

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  With an uncommonly astute eye for the absurd details that comprise your average American, Charles Portis brings to life Jimmy Burns, an expatriate American living in Mexico. For a time, Jimmy spent his days unearthing  
  preColumbian artifacts. Now he makes a living doing small trucking jobs and helping out with the occasional missing-person situation—whatever it takes to remain “the very picture of an American idler in Mexico, right down to the grass-green  
  golfing trousers.” But Jimmy’s laid-back lifestyle is being seriously imposed upon by a ninety-pound stalker named Louise, whose particular fascination with Jimmy is a mystery to him. Add to this a sudden wave of hippies led by a murderous excon  
  guru in search of psychic happenings, archaeologists unearthing (illegally) the Mayan tombs, and Louise and her weirdo husband’s quest for UFO landing sites, and Jimmy’s simple south-of-the-border existence is facing clear and present danger.

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  Hold the Line - One woman's...

  Kim Stephens

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  Navigating motherhood from the age of 18, Kim Stephens shelved her inner journo and embraced a life of media sales and sports marketing, working with some of the biggest sports brands globally, and locally, whilst pursuing her own ultra-running ambitions.
  Arguing vehemently against the possibility that she was running from her own truth, Covid-19 wiped out Kim's possibilities for continued escape.
  After three children, two divorces and a gradual sexual awakening, Kim found herself at 40-something virtually unemployed, with all the time in the world to write, sip gin and study a general response to one of the world's most draconian lockdowns.
  Her humorous observations of middle-class South African behaviour through the various levels of lockdown earned her a certain notoriety and a degree of viral success, and with that the courage to put it all into a book.
  Hold the Line tells the story of teenage pregnancy, the situational blindness of white South Africa, the disappointment of divorce and the deep joy found through true awakening.
  Stitched together with the lockdown writing that Kim penned for a growing base of followers, she shares a more in-depth life story with her usual candid self-deprecation.
  Written to rattle a few truths from within its readers, Hold the Line ends ironically as the world begins to follow a potential third World War via TikTok.

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  Book summary & analysis of...

  Briefly Summaries

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Matt Dinniman. Ideal for those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  Dungeon Crawler Carl is a darkly humorous and wildly inventive sci-fi fantasy adventure in which Earth has been transformed into a brutal, intergalactic game show. After an apocalyptic event wipes out most of the planet, Carl and his cat Princess Donut must survive in a deadly, ever-changing dungeon filled with monsters, traps, and bizarre challenges. As the duo ascends the levels, they navigate not only physical threats but also the twisted entertainment of an alien audience. It's a genre-bending ride full of chaos, comedy, and unexpected heart.

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  Notes from the Landan Underground

  The Boy Behind Mirror

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  This book wrote itself.  
  The symbols you're about to encounter don't correspond to reality. If you find similarities, they're yours alone, birthed by the twisted logic of your imagination. This books isn't for you - it's about you. You, the reader, the listener, the doubter, whose brain insists on making sense of the nonsense. 
  Everything in this book - the voices, the stories, the dreams - is an artifact of the mind's detritus. coincidence reigns, relentless and unyielding, its throne bolstered by the mirage of meaning we all crave. Like the faint violinist on the platform of South Kensington, drawing a crowd of ghosts with no bodies, its music lingers, tugging at the edges of your reality.

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  More Dark Drink and Conversation...

  Thomas Kennedy

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  Humour with some adult themes and satire. 
  Step in for a pint and a chat. You'll meet Tracy the Australian actress, the Tramp and both Bruisers, senior and junior, together with Dwyer the bookie, the red Kelly, Rockette, the new recruit to the police force,the CIA agent callerd the Seeker and many more... 
  When the European Union Commissioner for Cultural Harmonisation is kidnapped the local horse betting syndicate of the Teacher,the Barman, the Sergeant and the Parish Priest are drawn into the mesh of International Intelligence.And there is the scent of a horse racing scam and they are in the loop....

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  The Gin Shack on the Beach - A...

  Catherine Miller

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  You’re never too old to try something new! 
   
  When octogenarian Olive Turner is persuaded by her son to move into a retirement home, she congratulates herself on finding the secret to an easy life: no washing up, cooking or cleaning. But Olive isn’t one for mindless bingo with her fellow residents, and before the first day is over she's already hatching a plan to escape back to her beloved beach hut and indulge in her secret passion for a very good gin & tonic. 
   
  Before long Olive’s secret is out and turning into something wonderful and new. Only a select few are invited, but word spreads quickly about the weekly meetings of The Gin Shack Club. Soon everybody on the beach wants to become a gin connoisseur and join Olive on her journey to never being forced to grow older than you feel. 
   
  A journey of friendship, defiance and a quest for the perfect G&T.

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