Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.
*THE BRAND NEW MURDER MYSTERY FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN* ''Another delectable crime story... While between the covers of her books, the world seems a better place'' The Times ''A giddy spell of sheer delight!'' Praise for the Constable Twitten Series, Daily Mail In the latest installment of this prize-winning crime mystery series, our trio of redoubtable detectives are faced with the arrival in town of an escaped convict...
It''s September in Brighton and the city is playing host to weeks of endless rain and lashings of villainy.
A trusted member of a local gang has disappeared part way through planning a huge heist; a violent criminal obsessed with hunting policemen has escaped Broadmoor and is rumoured to be headed towards the city, while at Gosling''s department store an American researcher has been found dead in the music section.
Inspector Steine has other things on his mind - since the triumphant conclusion to his last case, Steine has so many awards and invitations coming his way that he has had to take on a secretary - but Sergeant Brunswick and Constable ''Clever Clogs'' Twitten are both on the case.
If only they could work out just who is behind these dastardly acts.
''Glorious... The fun is in Truss''s keen ear for dialogue, original comic characters and affectionate recreation of a seaside resort'' Praise for the Constable Twitten Series, Sunday Times Crime Club ''Outstanding. In her ability to blend crime and farce, Truss is in a class of her own'' Publishers Weekly DISCOVER THE PRIZE-WINNING CONSTABLE TWITTEN MYSTERY SERIES NOW
Ce roman drôle et iconoclaste nous emmène sur l'île de Wight, où sont rassemblés durant un été une demi-douzaine des plus grands écrivains et artistes excentriques de l'époque victorienne.
Alfred Tennyson, adulé par la reine Victoria, et par son épouse dévouée, Emily ; le peintre symboliste George Frederic Watts, qui vient d'épouser, à quarante-cinq ans passés, une actrice débutante trois fois plus jeune que lui, Ellen Terry, la future Sarah Bernhardt britannique ; la photographe Julia Margaret Cameron qui voue à Tennyson une dévotion sans limite ; et l'immortel auteur d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles, Lewis Carroll, attiré là par sa double fascination pour les célébrités sus-nommées et pour les fillettes qui pêchent la crevette sur la plage.
Autour de ces monstres sacrés, gravitent des personnages secondaires tout aussi authentiques, telles les servantes des Cameron et des Tennyson, les deux fils Tennyson, et la reine Victoria elle-même venue en guest star de sa résidence voisine d'Osborne, et bien d'autres encore qui s'ajoutent à une galerie de portraits au vitriol créant ainsi une intrigue comique haletante, truffée de rebondissements aussi délirants qu'inattendus.
Ce roman a été salué par la presse britannique comme " le " roman humoristique de l'été.
Où sont passés les " s'il vous plaît " et les " merci " ? Comment se fait-il que nous ayons tous en permanence l'insulte à la bouche ? Pourquoi se comporte-t-on en public comme chez soi ? Pourquoi est-ce désormais au client de faire tout le boulot ? Comment délimiter son espace vital ? Avec humour et autodérision, Lynne Truss dénonce la grossièreté du monde d'aujourd'hui, le manque de respect généralisé, et parle du sentiment de révolte qui nous anime chaque fois que nous découvrons que les autres sont sans-gêne, égoïstes et mal élevés. Un livre salutaire, qui montre que le respect de l'autre et de l'environnement ne se résume pas à quelques formules apprises par coeur.
Belinda Johansson a tout pour être heureuse : un très bel époux suédois, chercheur en génétique et fan du groupe mythique Abba, ainsi qu'une coquette maison victorienne dans un quartier bourgeois du sud de Londres. Son incapacité totale à faire face aux contraintes du quotidien la ronge intérieurement, et l'empêche de se livrer pleinement à son ouvrage sur les doubles littéraires.Sa vie bascule le jour où elle commence à déléguer à sa nouvelle femme de ménage, Linda, ses anciennes responsabilités pour enfin se consacrer à ses recherches. Dans ce roman humoristique à la manière de P.G. Wodehouse, les coups de théâtre se succèdent en rafales. Aucun des personnages ne se révèlera finalement être celui que l'on croyait.
Written and read by the bestselling author of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves", this book asks why rudeness is a universal flashpoint and examines specific sources of affront. It explores the boorishness of the world, and the sense of outrage that infects us when we discover that other people are - generally speaking - crass, selfish, and inconsiderate.
Includes twelve tales about love, romance, friendship and family, ranging from the wife who feels better when her husband disappears to the pedant who undergoes a TV makeover and the swimmer who can't escape the shadow of her sister.
Illustrates the hilarious confusion that punctuation can cause. This book takes on the apostrophe using subversive pictures and shows how much chaos can ensue from one tiny squiggle.
The scene: a cottage on the coast on a windy evening. Inside, a room with curtains drawn. Tea has just been made. Under a pool of yellow light, two figures face each other across a kitchen table. A man and a cat. This title tells a tale of a cat with nine lives, and a relationship as ancient as time itself and just as powerful.
By the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Cat Out of Hell, a nail-biting tale of good versus evil involving one man, his dog and a group of 18th-century amateur scientific pioneers who just happen to be cats.
When you are an inoffensive retired librarian with bitter personal experience of Evil Talking Cats, do you rescue a kitten from the cold on a December night?
Do you follow up news items about cats digging in graveyards?
Do you inquire into long-ago cats who voyaged around the world with Captain Cook?
Well, yes. If you are Alec Charlesworth that is precisely what you do - with unexpected and terrifying consequences ...
The latest installment in Lynne Truss's quirky and charming prize-winning series set in 1950s Brighton sees her trio of police detectives investigating a case with a most curious murder weapon The August bank holiday is approaching and after two extremely high-profile murder cases, Constable Twitten is eagerly anticipating a quiet spell at work. But then they find the bodies - and the milk bottles.
Three seemingly unconnected victims - a hard-working AA patrolman, a would-be Beauty Queen, a catty BBC radio personality - have all been killed with the same, highly unusual murder weapon. Constable Twitten, Sergeant Brunswick and Inspector Steine are initially baffled, the town is alarmed, and the local newspaper is delighted: after all, what sells papers better than a killer on the loose?
Can our redoubtable trio solve the case and catch this most curious of killers before they strike again?
Brighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress. So it's really rather annoying when an ambitious - not to mention irritating - new constable shows up to work and starts investigating a series of burglaries. And it's even more annoying when, after Constable Twitten is despatched to the theatre for the night, he sits next to a vicious theatre critic who is promptly shot dead part way through the opening night of a new play. It seems Brighton may be in need of a police force after all.
