Luigi Schenoni Knihy

When it comes to creating unforgettable criminal characters, nobody does it better than Emmy Award winner Stephen J. Cannell, the force behind such acclaimed TV hits as "The Rockford Files," "The Commish," "Wiseguy," and "The A-Team." Now come Cannell's most engaging characters yet -- a spirited assortment of clever con artists. King Con vs. The Don Raised in a world of flimflams, come-ons and con-jobs, Beano Bates has done so well he's earned a spot on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. But his lucky streak vanishes after a card game in which he scams a cool eighty grand from a notorious Mafia don -- who retaliates by having Beano nearly beaten to death. For the first time in his legendary career, Beano wants more than a big score -- he wants justice. Aided by a beautiful, no-nonsense female prosecutor and a legion of crafty cousins, all accomplished grifters, Beano, the king of the cons, puts together the ultimate swindle -- a well-planned sting of strategy, skill and deception. The target is America's most feared mob kingpin and his psychopathic brother. And in this game, winner takes all!

The affair is a military wedding. Whast will begin, however, with the solemnity of marriage vows will end in the echoing screams of the damned - an ungodly spectacle of spilled blood and sobbing, throat-aching terror. There is a curse that grips the Baldwins from generation to generation, from horror to bloody horror, and that climaxes in a spine-chilling nightmare of black occultism and blood vengeance.

Americká prozaička Anne Tylerová v románe Dychové cvičenia, za ktorý bola odmenená Pulitzerovou cenou (1989), opisuje jeden deň v živote Maggie a Iru Moranovcov. Hoci predstavujú nanajvýš nesúrodý manželský pár — Ira je životom sklamaný, večne nespokojný a introvertný, kým Maggie prekypuje energiou, je spontánna, výbušná, posadnutá potrebou každému pomôcť — napokon zisťujú, že ich zväzok je napriek vzájomným výhradám nerozlučný. Autorke, pohybujúcej sa na pomedzí komickosti a tragickosti, sa podaril autentický portrét americkej rodiny stredných vrstiev, ktorých životné kolízie i drobné radosti sú však blízke ktorejkoľvek rodine. Tým, že do deja vsúva spomienky oboch protagonistov a mení perspektívu rozprávania, docieľuje šírku a mnohovrstevnosť románu. A. Tylerová (1941) vyštudovala slavistiku na Columbijskej univerzite a svojimi jedenástimi románmi patrí k popredným autorkám súčasnej americkej literatúry — kritika ju prirovnáva k J. Updikeovi. Jej preferovanými témami sú partnerské či rodinné vzťahy, ktoré spracúva s obdivuhodným psychologickým vcítením a s láskavým humorom. Predchádzajúci román Cesty pána Learyho (1985) bol úspešne sfilmovaný.

In a novel about global politics and the fate of truth in modern times, Harry Pendel, a tailor in Panama City who can claim politicians, presidents, crooks, and conmen among his customers, becomes an unlikely spy for British intelligence

Beautiful heiress Blaize Ellington seeks revenge against the Minotaur, a deadly, savage assassin for whom killing in an orgiastic pleasure, for the brutal murder of her brothers and finds herself the target of the killer.