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In a dying Pennsylvania coal town, three friends are looking for a way out. Mitch is a rebellious malcontent whose bad attitude gets him fired from a chain big box store. Doug can identify any pill by sight and any '80s rock song by the first three notes but doesn't understand credit scores. Kevin got married and had a kid too soon and is now on parole after serving jail time for growing marijuana. The three of them dabble in petty crime and b...

»Das ist intelligente Unterhaltung.« Tobias Gohlis, Die Zeit Bei einem Einsatz bemerkt Polizist Snowe, dass er plötzlich Gedanken lesen kann! Schnell wird er zum Supercop und bekommt von der Regierungsagentin Terry Dyer den Auftrag, einen entflohenen Mörder zu finden. Als er Denny aufspürt, stellt er überrascht fest, dass dieser dieselbe Gabe hat wie er. Und noch eins wird bald klar: Sie waren beide vor Jahren unwissentlich Teil eines neurowis...

Levison, una laurea in lettere appesa alla parete, ha già cambiato 42 lavori, risposto ad annunci fasulli, affrontato colloqui grotteschi, digerito ingiustizie e miseri assegni mensili. Senza arrendersi. Sfilettatore di pesce, barman, runner per il cinema, conducente di autocisterne, imbianchino, cuoco, informatico, assistente di un mercante d'arte, traslocatore e, infine, pescatore e confezionatore di gamberi in Alaska. È proprio in questo di...

La fabbrica dove lavorava Jake, nel Wisconsin, ha chiuso, lui e tutti i suoi concittadini sono rimasti senza lavoro. La sua ragazza se n'è andata al seguito della concessionaria in cui è impiegata e la tivù via cavo ha staccato il collegamento. Quando Ken Gardocki, allibratore e boss della droga locale, offre a Jake di cancellare i suoi debiti di gioco in cambio dell'omicidio della moglie, Jake non può che accettare. E, fedele alla fama di lav...

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All Iain Levison really wants is a steady paycheck, cable television, and the possibility of a date on Saturday night. But after blowing $40, 000 on an English degree, he can't find the first, can't afford the second, and can't even imagine what woman would consent to the third. So he embarks on a time-honored American tradition: scoring a few dead-end jobs until something better comes along. The problem is, it never does.A Working Stiff's Man...

Satirical tale of an unholy alliance: a bank robber on the run blackmails a university professor.

Er zijn mensen die gedachten kunnen lezen. FBI-agente Terry zet die gedachtelezers in tijdens geheime missies. Wanneer ze een ter dood veroordeelde crimineel voor zo'n missie uit de gevangenis haalt, ontsnapt hij. Terry laat een andere gedachtelezer, een jonge politieagent, hem opsporen. Maar wanneer de twee gedachtelezers oog in oog komen te staan, gebeurt er iets wat niemand had kunnen verwachten. En dan blijkt dat Terry niet helemaal open k...

[A] dark, satirical comedy. . . . Written with the same kind of deadpan humor Levison used so well in his first book."-USA Today "A gleeful satire. . . . It's an amusingly bleak little (im)moral fable."-Detroit Free Press "Exciting, funny, poignant and sociologically important."-The Chicago Tribune "Levison's irony is acute as he caricatures the working world's groundlings."-The New York Times Book Review The work Jake Skowran is offered is a ...