泥棒のジミーは、スリの現場を中年の男・リースに取り押さえられた。 仕返しをしようと、彼の家に空き巣に入ったが、 彼が元警官で、さらにある“トラウマ"を持っていることを知る。 複雑な過去を持つ大人の男への好奇心は、 傍に近付くほど、急速に恋心へと変わっていって――。 表題作の色気たっぷりな大量描き下ろし、 傲慢な芸能エージェント×落ちぶれた中年役者の読み切り「ラッキー・ビル」を収録、 オトナの男達のリアルな恋を描いた一冊。

In this touching and atmospheric novel set among the fishermen of Newfoundland, Proulx tells the story of Quoyle. From all outward appearances, Quoyle has gone through his first 36 years on earth as a big schlump of a loser. He's not attractive, he's not brilliant or witty or talented, and he's not the kind of person who typically assumes the central position in a novel. But Pr...(展开全部)

News is to the mind what sugar is to the body. In 2013 Rolf Dobelli stood in front of a roomful of journalists and proclaimed that he did not read the news. It caused a riot. Now he finally sets down his philosophy in detail. And he practises what he preaches: he hasn't read the news for a decade. Stop Reading the News is Dobelli's manifesto about the dangers of the most toxic ...(展开全部)

One of the acknowledged masterpieces of Mexican literature, Fernando del Paso's News from the Empire is a powerful and encyclopedic novel of the tragic lives of Maximilian and his wife, Carlota, the short-lived Emperor and Empress of Mexico. Simultaneously intimate and panoramic, the narrative flows from Carlota's fevered memories of her husband's ill-fated empire to the multip...(展开全部)

Now reissued - William March's 1954 classic thriller that's as chilling, intelligent and timely as ever before. This paperback reissue includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested reading and more. What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This is the question at the center of William march's classic ...(展开全部)

<p>What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This is the question at the center of William March's classic thriller. After its initial publication in 1954， the book went on to become a million-copy bestseller， a wildly successful Broadway show， and a Warner Brothers film. The spine-tingling tale of little Rhoda Penmark had a tremendous im...(展开全部)

The Bad Beginning begins badly for the three Baudelaire children, and then gets worse. Their misfortunes begin one gray day on Briny Beach when Mr. Poe tells them that their parents perished in a fire that destroyed their whole house. "It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed," laments the personable (occa...(展开全部)

They sound like Bad Guys, they look like Bad Guys . . and they even smell like Bad Guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are about to change all of that... whether you want them to or not! Buckle up for the funniest, naughtiest and coolest series you'll ever read -- it's time to meet the Bad Guys -- NOW IN FULL COLOR!.