Häftad, Engelska, 2007
175 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2008
181 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2009
138 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2012
191 kr
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Once upon a time in rural Maine, a big black bear found a briefcase under a tree. Hoping for food, he dragged it into the woods, only to find that all it held was the manuscript of a novel. He couldn’t eat it, but he did read it, and decided it wasn’t bad. Borrowing some clothes from a local store, and the name Hal Jam from the labels of his favorite foods he headed to New York to seek his fortune in the literary world. Then he took America by storm. The Bear Went Over the Mountain is a riotous, magical romp with the buoyant Hal Jam as he leaves the quiet, nurturing world of nature for the glittering, moneyed world of man. With a pitch-perfect comic voice and an eye for social satire to rival Swift or Wolfe, bestselling author William Kotzwinkle limns Hal’s hilarious journey to New York, Los Angeles, and the great sprawling country in between, where a bear makes good despite his animal instincts, and where money-hungry executives see not a hairy beast with a purloined novel, but a rough-hewn, soulful, media-perfect nature guy who just might be the next Hemingway. By turns sidesplittingly funny, stingingly ironic, and unexpectedly tender, The Bear Went Over the Mountain captures the zeitgeist of the 1990s dead-on, in a delicious bedtime story for grown-ups. - Häftad, Engelska, 2000
328 kr
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- LjudbokEngelska, 2021
288 kr
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Meet Tommy Martini, the monk with an anger management problem. Since killing somebody with a single punch is not a needed talent in a monastery, he spends his time praying, meditating, and taking his anger management medicine. But his meditations are interrupted by a legacy from his uncle, a crooked priest. Arriving in a New Age Arizona town to claim his inheritance, Brother Tommy meets a charismatic, smoking-hot cult leader who claims that women are being impregnated by alien beings while they sleep. Tommy’s own sleep is disturbed—by cartel hitmen, Mafia bill collectors, and women intrigued by his vow of chastity. He loses his anger management medicine in time to deal with the hitmen, but the women present an uphill battle.
William Kotzwinkle’s quicksilver touch has produced an effervescent piece of entertainment filled with suspense, turns you won’t see coming, and the humor for which he is famous.
- LjudbokEngelska, 2023
866 kr
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Award-winning and bestselling author William Kotzwinkle is back with the second in the darkly comedic Felonious Monk series featuring Tommy Martini, a Benedictine monk with an anger management problem. Felonious Monk was praised as “amiably satirical†(Washington Post) and “a whiplash adventure†(Wall Street Journal).
Coalville is on fire—from below. The old mines are burning, and everyone has poison gas in their brain. Maybe that’s why the town is so corrupt. Now that he’s a Benedictine monk, Tommy Martini never wants to see the place again—hell-raisers there hold a grudge till they die, and he’s on their wish list. But a girl he once loved has gone missing, and his best friend from childhood has been murdered. Among the living is a shy girl from Tommy’s past, who wants to help. Together, they learn the secret of the elephant’s graveyard, and it’s not in Africa.
At the heart of Coalville is Parade Square, with plenty of pigeons, drugs, and child prostitution. It’s the new small-town America, where Dionysus is dancing once again. William Kotzwinkle’s insight into this paradigm shift is shot through with the humor he is famous for, and the result is a spicy brew, a bloody martini—just one sip may keep you up all night.
- LjudbokEngelska, 2023
288 kr
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Award-winning and bestselling author William Kotzwinkle is back with the second in the darkly comedic Felonious Monk series featuring Tommy Martini, a Benedictine monk with an anger management problem. Felonious Monk was praised as “amiably satirical” (Washington Post) and “a whiplash adventure” (Wall Street Journal).
Coalville is on fire—from below. The old mines are burning, and everyone has poison gas in their brain. Maybe that’s why the town is so corrupt. Now that he’s a Benedictine monk, Tommy Martini never wants to see the place again—hell-raisers there hold a grudge till they die, and he’s on their wish list. But a girl he once loved has gone missing, and his best friend from childhood has been murdered. Among the living is a shy girl from Tommy’s past, who wants to help. Together, they learn the secret of the elephant’s graveyard, and it’s not in Africa.
At the heart of Coalville is Parade Square, with plenty of pigeons, drugs, and child prostitution. It’s the new small-town America, where Dionysus is dancing once again. William Kotzwinkle’s insight into this paradigm shift is shot through with the humor he is famous for, and the result is a spicy brew, a bloody martini—just one sip may keep you up all night.
- E-bokEngelska, 2014
96 kr
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This World Fantasy Award winner in the vein of Animal Farm delves into a lab worthy of a mad Nazi scientist—but run by a brilliantly sadistic rodent.In the annals of American literature, there has never been a character quite like Doctor Rat, PhD. From one of the most indispensable storytellers in speculative fiction, this biting satire introduces a narrator of learned charm and humor, and a twisted logic that is absolutely chilling. Doctor Rat is a credit to his species. A survivor of the most refined scientific experiments, now removed from the maze, he has become a valued and productive member of the academic community. When he must administer a lethal dose, he comforts his fellow rats with his compassionate slogan: "Death is freedom." But everything changes when animals worldwide begin to rebel, refusing to accept their proper places in the natural order of things: as test subjects, pets, or food. And only Doctor Rat has the courage to defend mankind from the ungrateful animal kingdom. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "dazzlingly original" and "occasionally quite beautiful," Doctor Rat is a sly and stylish indictment of fanaticism in mice and men. "A truly imaginative impresario . . . [Doctor Rat] teases your conscience with educated wit and versatile improvisation, not to mention the casual flick of the tail about to be cut off." —Kirkus Reviews - E-bokEngelska, 2014
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In this "psychological mind bender," a Kafkaesque crisis of identity transports a famous actor from 1980s Hollywood to Nazi Germany (The Washington Post).At forty-five, Hollywood film star David Caspian should be basking in his success. Instead, his career is souring as he stresses over the next generation of actors eager to replace him. Losing himself in waking fantasies, David slips through a crack in time, awakening in the back alleys of Hitler''s Berlin. He is no longer David Caspian. He has become Felix, a ruthless black marketeer. With the Gestapo closing in on him, David races against time—and space—as he fights to take control of Felix before Felix takes control of him. Witty, macabre, and utterly thrilling, The Exile is a mesmerizing novel that will leave readers wondering where reality ends and fiction begins. People wrote that when William Kotzwinkle "is the author, readers can be sure only that the book in question will be different from everything else." But even among the award-winning author''s work, this bracing satire stands out for the sweep of its vision, full of "comedy, despair, horror and technical storytelling delight" (The New York Times Book Review). "The book becomes glued to the reader''s hands as the devastating climactic scenes pile one on another. . . . Powerful writing." —The Washington Post Book World - E-bokEngelska, 2014
127 kr
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From the award-winning legend of speculative fiction, "a witty sendup of the detective story" with "a richness of invention that doffs a hat to Dickens" (Chicago Tribune).At a fashionable salon, Parisians line up to have their fortunes told by Ric Lazare''s amazing machine. The predictions arrive with unerring accuracy, as if the invention were imbued with some sort of wondrous sorcery. The police, however, have a different opinion. They suspect that Lazare is a con man. Accordingly, they''ve sent one of their own to investigate. Unfortunately, the man they send is Paul Picard. His methods are unconventional. His appetites—for lemon tarts, and for prostitutes—are legendary. And he is no stranger to the dark side of Paris. But Inspector Picard is entirely unprepared for the string of murders that pulls him across the continent. As the killer''s seductive knot tightens around him, he learns once and for all that there''s more to the glimmering world of high society than first appears. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for his novel Doctor Rat, William Kotzwinkle reaffirms his reputation as one of the most captivating and original American authors of the last half-century with this "elegant entertainment" of magic and mystery in Paris (The Washington Post). "Gaudy, decadent, smoothly polished, this beguiling novel is . . . a feat of stage magic, well rehearsed and well performed by a fine craftsman." —The New Yorker "Alternately dark and glittering . . . a first-rate vaudeville turn." —Chicago Tribune "Pure magic." —Playboy - Häftad, Engelska, 2014
205 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2014
224 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2014
185 kr
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- Inbunden, Engelska, 2001
190 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2011
232 kr
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Warning: This book may cause flatulence. Walter is a fine dog, except for one small problem: he has gas. He can''t help it; it''s just the way he is. Fortunately, the kids Billy and Betty love him regardless, but Father says he''s got to go! Poor Walter, he''s going to the dog pound tomorrow. And then, in the night, burglars strike. Walter has his chance to be a hero. A children''s beloved classic, this story will have kids rolling on the floor with laughter. Adults are permitted to laugh too.
From the Hardcover edition. - Häftad, Tyska, 1998
184 kr
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- E-bokTyska, 2019
125 kr
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William Kotzwinkle, einer der aberwitzigsten und originellsten Autoren der modernen Weltliteratur, führt uns in diesen Stories ein abgründiges Panoptikum skurriler Szenen und Figuren vor: da ist ein Sammler, der eines Tages im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes die Welt in Händen hält; ein Mädchen, das eine vierzehn Monate währende Hochzeitsnacht verbringt; oder eine hermaphroditische Gottheit, die einen biederen Geschäftsmann in eines der wundersamsten erotischen Abenteuer unseres Universums verwickelt – eine himmlische Sammlung irdischer Parabeln, in der Realität und Fiktion, Wachen und Traum immer wieder unmerklich ineinander verschwimmen. - E-bokTyska, 2019
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Die hier versammelten Geschichten sind wie willkürlich in den Nachthimmel geschossene Leuchtkugeln; jede hat ihren eigenen Glanz, alle unterscheiden sich in Farbe, Form, Richtung und Flugbahn, meinte ein amerikanischer Kritiker, und der Autor sei clever und kapriziös wie das Wetter an einem Tag im April.Mit «Elefant rammt Eisenbahn» ist William Kotzwinkle, dem skurril-aufsässigen Fabeldichter, wieder ein artistischer Volltreffer gelungen. - E-bokTyska, 2019
125 kr
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So geht es nicht weiter, sagen sich die Versuchstiere der Menschen: Mäuse, Affen, Hunde, Kaninchen, Katzen und ein überlebendes Opfer, das im Labor als Dr. Ratte bekannt ist, holen zum Gegenschlag aus. - E-bokTyska, 2019
125 kr
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William Kotzwinkle veröffentlichte diese Kurzgeschichten erstmals 1974 unter dem Originaltitel «Nightbook». Die Kurzgeschichten wurden von Udo Breger ins Deutsche übersetzt. - Häftad, Spanska, 2025
274 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2016
149 kr
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A collection of five detective stories for young readers, inspired by Sherlock Holmes and with an all-insect cast of characters. “Excitement and humor!“—New York Times Book ReviewInspector Mantis, accompanied by his trusted colleague Doctor Hopper, go forth from their little flat at 221B Flea Street to solve “The Case of the Missing Butterfly,” “The Case of the Caterpillar’s Head,” and three other antennae-bending mysteries puzzling the populace of Bugland.Criminal detection, combined with delightful insect characters, makes this, in the words of The Horn Book, “the most engaging and cleverest reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson yet.” Joe Servello’s color and pen-and-ink drawings bring exquisite period detail to these tales: steam engines, deerstalkers, fog, and mandibles have never been more lovingly crosshatched.“Sherlock Holmes fans of all ages—and entomology nuts—must read Trouble in Bugland,” wrote Newsday, “a hilarious homage to Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustrator Joe Servello’s handsome pictures in color and black and white are a grand accompaniment to Kotzwinkle’s clever and playful stories.”This is a treat for any kid—as a read-alone or read-aloud—who loves a funny mystery. - Häftad, Engelska, 2017
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A collection of four Sherlock Holmes-inspired detective stories for young readers with an all-insect cast of characters. “Fantastically entertaining….An homage to Sherlock that ably stands on is own two—or six—feet.”—BooklistGoing forth from their little flat at 221B Flea Street, Inspector Mantis, accompanied by his trusted colleague Doctor Hopper, solve antennae-bending mysteries featuring unforgettable bugs such as the relentless spring-cleaner Mrs. Inchworm, the bespectacled Professor Booklouse, the fearless Captain Flatfootfly, and the endearing Miss Allegra Warblefly.Criminal detection, combined with the delightful characters of Bugland, makes this, in the words of The Horn Book, “the most engaging and cleverest reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson yet.”So take a trip to the world of Bugland. Whether as a read-aloud, or read-alone, this is a treat for any young reader who loves a funny mystery. As The New York Times wrote, “Children who know Sherlock Holmes will most enjoy Trouble in Bugland. But even those who don’t are likely to appreciate the book’s sly mock seriousness and flights of rhetoric and imagination.”
