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The joyfully freewheeling, funny and profound new novel from ?one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today' (Lionel Shriver)Welcome to America. On the east coast, homes are being swallowed by the ocean, on the west coast, California is engulfed with wildfire. But for one family, the impending environmental disaster is the least of their worries. Party girl Cat just impulse-purchased a snake, her pious...

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Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful fiancé, Cat suddenly craves a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like "jewelry, living jewelry" to match her black jeans. But when the budding social media star promptly loses the young "Burmie" she buys from a local pet store, she inadvertently sets in motion a chain of increasingly dire and outrageous events that comes to threaten her very survival. "Brilliantly imaginative . . ...

A joyful, freewheeling, funny and profound new collection from ?one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today' (Lionel Shriver)For one woman, a cross-country train ride becomes a parallel journey into the dark psyche of American manhood. An old man and his neighbour enter strike up a friendship that might a more sinister battle of wits than he first thinks. A man, waiting for his wife in a bar on Valen...

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Welcome to America. On the east coast, homes are being swallowed by the ocean, on the west coast, California is engulfed with wildfire. But for one family, the impending environmental disaster is the least of their worries. Party girl Cat just impulse-purchased a snake, her pious brother Cooper is wrestling with a tic bite, and their mom Ottilie has resorted to cooking with crickets. Everyone is drinking too much - and the bugs seems to be d...

Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful boyfriend, Cat decides that she needs a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like "jewelry, living jewelry." But when the budding social influencer finally gives in to impulse, buying a Burmese python from a local pet shop, she sets in motion a chain of increasingly dire events that culminates in one of the most memorable denouements in recent fiction, one that ensnares her entire fa...

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In 1943, LSD is synthesized in Basel. Two decades later, a coterie of grad students at Harvard are gradually drawn into the inner circle of renowned psychologist and psychedelic drug enthusiast Timothy Leary. Fitzhugh Loney, a psychology Ph.D. student and his wife, Joanie, become entranced by the drug's possibilities such that their "research" becomes less a matter of clinical trials and academic papers and instead turns into a free-wheeling e...

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Wer ist menschlicher? Der Mensch oder der Affe? Sam, der Schimpanse, den Professor Schermerhorn in eine TV-Show bringt, kann in der Gebärdensprache nicht nur einen Cheeseburger bestellen, sondern auch seinen Namen sagen. Wie ein Kind wächst er umsorgt von Wissenschaftlern auf. Als die schüchterne Aimee dazustößt, entspinnt sich eine einzigartige Beziehung: Sam erwidert ihre Gefühle und entwickelt sich regelrecht zu einem Individuum. Als jed...

A joyful, freewheeling, funny and profound new collection from ?one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today' (Lionel Shriver)For one woman, a cross-country train ride becomes a parallel journey into the dark psyche of American manhood. An old man and his neighbour enter strike up a friendship that might a more sinister battle of wits than he first thinks. A man, waiting for his wife in a bar on Valen...

How far would you go to save someone you love? And what if that someone was ... not exactly human? Guy Schermerhorn, brilliant young professor of psychology and disciple of the pioneering Dr Moncrieff, is making a name for himself on the talk show circuit with an unusual protégé in tow: a chimp by the name of Sam. Sam lives in Guy's apartment, wears diapers and neckties, devours pizza and Macdonalds - and, through Guy's careful training, can ...

Böse, komisch, bizarr: Boyle in literarischer Höchstform In seinen neuesten Stories nimmt uns T.C. Boyle mit auf eine bewegte Reise in unsere vielleicht nicht allzu entfernte Zukunft. Eine Zukunft, in der ein kirschrot phosphoreszierender Pitbull das klavierspielende Mikroschwein der Nachbarin zerfleischt. In der durch Genmanipulation perfekte Kinder aus dem Katalog gezeugt werden oder man mit der Relive Box in die eigene Vergangenheit reise...

Zwei Welten, die sich fremder nicht sein könnten Der Zusammenstoß des Mexikaners Cándido mit Delaney Mossbachers wachsgepflegtem Auto ist ein wortwörtlicher: Cándido rennt Delaney direkt vor die Haube und wird schwer verletzt. Da die Schuldfrage sich nicht klären lässt und der Mexikaner offenbar kein Englisch kann, drückt Delaney ihm eine 20-Dollar-Note in die Hand ... Delaney sieht seine geschützte Welt zunehmend bedroht von den dunkelhäuti...

How far would you go to save someone you love? And what if that someone was ... not exactly human?Guy Schermerhorn, brilliant young professor of psychology and disciple of the pioneering Dr Moncrieff, is making a name for himself on the talk show circuit with an unusual protégé in tow: a chimp by the name of Sam. Sam lives in Guy's apartment, wears diapers and neckties, devours pizza and Macdonalds - and, through Guy's careful training, can co...

Ist LSD mehr als eine Droge oder dient der Bewusstseinserweiterung, wie es Fitz Professor behauptet? Mitgerissen von dieser Vision experimentiert Fitz mit Rauschmitteln jeglicher Art.