I was immediately taken by the characters' voices, the irreverent, laugh out loud funny tone, while also covering serious topics. It's funny, sexy, weird, and ridiculous in all the best of ways.
** SOON TO BE A MAJOR HBO SERIES STARRING JODIE COMER **
'Made me laugh and think too much (the right amount?) about sex and death and honesty.' MONICA HEISEY 'Utterly addictive. . . I laughed so hard it ached.' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'Juicy, salacious and compelling. Trauma shouldn't be this fun.' SARA PASCOE
Greta liked knowing people's secrets. That wasn't a problem. Until she met Big Swiss.
Big Swiss. That's Greta's nickname for her - she is tall, and she is from Switzerland. Greta can see her now: dressed top to toe in white, that adorable gap between her two…
Lyrical and honest, this retelling of "Huck Finn" through enslaved "James" (Jim's) eyes offers all the humanity, depth and an unflinching look at survivors of enslavement. But it's also wry and funny and beautifully written when it isn't dark and serious.
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha
James by Percival Everett is a profound and ferociously funny meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From the author of The Trees, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Erasure, adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction.
The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new…
Alderman is already a favorite of mine with her mindblowing novel The Power--but this book is especially prescient--it assumes that so many of the world's problems are a result of wealth amassing at the top in the form of greedy billionaires, and capitalism run amok, that puts profits ahead of people, the environment and many forms of social justice. One of the most satisfying reads I've had in a while. I want to live in the worlds Alderman creates.
Journalist Justine Goodman, stifled by new motherhood, surrenders to an obsession with Project Nemesis—an all-women group of eco-anarchists set on dismantling dirty energy companies. She risks everything to gain entry into their inner circle, but tragedy strikes before she can even begin to savor her involvement. Zoe Rasmussen, wearied by her role as energy magnate Phil Rasmussen’s wife, clings unhappily to her situation for her daughter’s sake. When grief-stricken Justine, armed and unhinged, appears with a demand, Zoe is torn between terror and excitement. But Justine’s actions have unwittingly attracted dangerous forces, and as these women hurtle towards collision, they each face the choice: uphold what’s right, or risk shattering their lives.
