Nigel Williams Knihy

A welcome re-issue of Nigel William's modern classic of comic writing.

Jednu z nejpopulárnějších cest popsaných v anglické literatuře podnikli pánové Jerome Klapka Jerome, George, Harris a foxteriér Montmorency už před více než sto lety. Veslovali proti proudu Temže z Kingstonu do Oxfordu a jejich zážitky vtělil roku 1889 Jerome do klasického humoristického dílka "Tři muži ve člunu". Nigel Williams zopakoval tuto pouť počátkem 90.let 20.století s dvěma přáteli, nemluvě o voříškovi jménem Jezevec a napsal o ní veselou knížku, v níž se znovu zračí ten kousek staré Anglie z Jeromeových dob.

1st paperback edition of "Witchfinder General" available, in fine condition and ready to ship from our UK warehouse.

Román Boh múch sa začína haváriou lietadla na neobývanom ostrove, ktorú prežije iba skupina anglických chlapcov. Pocit dobrodružstva zakrátko vystriedajú hodiny plné hrôzy a strašidelných predstáv. Čitateľ čoskoro stratí pocit, že číta príbeh o deťoch a ocitne sa vo svete dospelých, ktorých najnižšie ľudské pudy, túžba zabíjať a vládnuť brutálne prenikajú tenkým nánosom civilizácie. Román je alegóriou spoločnosti bez práva a zákonov, kde je život neistý a hrozivý; obraz spoločnosti vytvorenej človekom, ktorý stratil nevinnosť a zmenil sa na sebca a nositeľa zla.

Nigel Williams, one of the UK's finest comic writers, returns with a poignant comic portrait of four marriages: a caustic satire of suburban intrigue, tainted love and late-flowering lust.

14-year-old ufologist Simon Britton's father has just died and his mother, a member of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist, is trying to get in touch with him. But some weird messages come through instead. By the author of My Life Closed Twice which won the Somerset Maugham Award.

From Nigel Williams, acclaimed master comic genius of suburbia and author of the much-loved Wimbledon Poisoner: R.I.P. is a sublime comedy told from beyond the grave.

Hugh Laurie, known for his role as Dr. House, plays Paul Slippery in the film adaptation of this novel. Slippery, much like Dr. House, is a lovable curmudgeon nearing fifty, grappling with his growing waistline and enviously observing his sons' active love lives. Nigel Williams delivers a brilliant piece of British humor.

Robert Wilson is an aimless young man who has passed himself off as a Muslim to secure a job at the newly established Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys' Day School. This is the story of his decline and fall, as he demonstrates the failure of a post-colonial Briton to understand another culture that has absolutely no need of him.