Dans les années 50, Kemp, jeune journaliste globe-trotter, buveur de rhum confirmé et alter ego de l'auteur, quitte Greenwich Village pour Rico où il a décroché un boulot de reporter au San Juan Daily News. Toutes sortes d'individus y travaillent : misanthropes désabusés, ratés, ambitieux prêts à refaire le monde, tous parias en quête d'une existence meilleure sous les tropiques. Mais la paradisiaque triade rum, sex, sun vire aux cuites prolongées, aux bagarres, aux fêtes débraillées, à la sexualité sauvage. Et en même temps qu'il bute contre la dérisoire liberté de l'ennui, Kemp assiste à la lente agonie d'une île rongée par l'argent, les ambitions de l'Amérique et la compromission hypocrite des journalistes. Premier roman d'un écrivain qui deviendra célèbre pour son style grinçant et ses textes scandaleux, Rhum Express, chronique mordante et sincère d'une désillusion, tranche avec tout ce que l'on connaît de Hunter S. Thompson.

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A tale inspired by historical events between the First and Second World Wars finds a Teutonic patriot and passionate Germanophile falling for an impoverished Adolf Hitler who shares her love of opera, a commonality that leads her to support his efforts to garner attention through street-corner speechmaking.

Empress Wu, China's only female emperor, rises from a humble clan and position of concubine to brave the intrigues, betrayal, and violence of the court to become the first Empress of China during the great Tang dynasty in seventh-century China.

"From the inimitable author of The Circlecomes a brilliant new black comedy about modern America. A mother and her two young children set out on a journey through the Alaskan wilderness. Travelling in a battered old RV (optimistically christened 'The Chateau'), the trip starts off like a vacation- they spot animals, build bonfires, enjoy the scenery. But though Josie drives ever deeper into the forest, she cannot outrun her memories of the events they are leaving behind, and the life she is trying to escape. Chased north by spreading wildfires, confronted at every turn by wildly eccentric locals, this tiny family must survive their surreal adventure at all costs. Because if they can, there is something clean and redemptive waiting for them - out at the very edge of civilization. A captivating and hilarious novel about family, loss and recovery, Heroes of the Frontieris a powerful examination of contemporary American life and a rousing story of adventure."

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Precious Ramotswe is experiencing staffing difficulties. Her relationship with her assistant is strained. But the work of the agency must continue. Mr J.L.B. Matekoni becomes involved in the agency's work when he investigates an errant husband. But can a man investigate such matters as competently as one of the ladies?

Amy Harper Bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks she's the most important person in the whole world. She is... Anthony Carter doesn't think he could ever be in a worse place than Death Row. He's wrong... FBI agent Brad Wolgast thinks something beyond imagination is coming. It is. The Passage.

Snowed in at an English manor house dedicated to the inventor Henry Shrapnel, a retired British Army officer, his mistress, a feminist reporter, and rebellious servants face a quarrelsome weekend

Traces the life of the English author, D.H. Lawrence, and examines the development of his fiction and poetry

Canon Sharkey, a priest in the little Irish town of Bridgeford in 1934, becomes the subject of gossip throughout the town when his housekeeper suddenly dies and he chooses as her replacement a young woman whose sister has a reputation as the town whore.

Riddles and witticisms collected by the author from the people of the Kentucky mountains and southern Appalachians and previously presented in two volumes: Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek and The Wolfpen Rusties. Includes explanatory notes.