Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon

Shadow Ticket by Thomas PynchonA private eye is catapulted on to a continent hopping journey that proves difficult to escapeThe greatest, wildest author of his generation GuardianMilwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labour management relations to the more domestic kind. Hicks McTaggart, a onetime strikebreaker turned private eye, thinks hes

author of Early Morning Riser'Tender

and The Odd One Out

PRAISE FOR THE CHEAT BOOK (vol

In this compendium of obscure facts readers will be treated to baffling scientific knowledge they would never learn at school

mysteries and surprises

of how Britain and football changed

our knowledge of the Emperor was largely based on a blend of mythology and assumption

CROSS CHRONICLE SHORT STORIESTHE LOST BOYSTHE EX-WIFE'In DS George Cross

With a foreword from Gary Lineker and featuring the most legendary footballing stories from the last 60 years of Match of the Day

a network of extremists terrorised the West with intricately planned plane hijackings and hostage-takings

Blood & Beauty breathes life into the astonishing family of Alexander VI and celebrates the raw power of history itself: compelling

but how will she ever make that journey back across the sea