Tropic Of Ruislip
10 best books like Tropic Of Ruislip (Leslie Thomas): Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile, How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide, England, Their England, White Man Falling, Titmuss Regained, Brewster's Millions, Topper Takes a Trip, The Mighty Walzer, Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
| Author | Raymond Carver |
| ISBN | 0099449897 |
And here it is...the best collection of short stories I've ever read.
Where has Carver been all my life? Why did no one slap me over the head with his work fifteen years ago? I mourn that it took me this long to discover him and now I must get my little claws on everything Carver asap.
How the...
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
The First Five Pages
Editors always tell novice writers that the first few pages of a manuscript are crucial in the publishing process -- and it's true. If an editor or agent (or reader) loses interest after a page or two, you've lost him or her completely, even if the middle of your novel is brilliant...
How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
| Author | Howard Mittelmark |
| ISBN | 0061357952 |
Many writing books offer sound advice on how to write well. This is not one of those books. On the contrary, this is a collection of terrible, awkward, and laughably unreadable excerpts that will teach you what to avoid—at all costs—if you ever want your novel published.
In How Not to Write...
| Author | A.G. Macdonell |
| ISBN | 0330280414 |
Banished from his native Scotland by a curious clause in his father’s will, Donald Cameron moves to London and decides to conduct a study of the English people; a strange race who, he is told, have built an entire national identity around a reverence for team spirit and the memory of Lord Nelson . . .
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| Author | Mike Stocks |
| ISBN | 1846880246 |
White Man Falling is a tale of domestic catastrophe, deluded match-making and mystical absurdity set in a small town in South India. Police sub-inspector Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke while beating up a Very Guilty Suspect. He can no longer talk properly, command the respect of his...
Pitting greed against Green a new town is being planned in England's green and pleasant land. Usually the champion of greed, conservative M.P. Leslie Titmuss is thrown off his political course, since the new development threatens his own Rapstone Manor. Bringing us up-to-date on the quirks, quarrels,...
| Author | George Barr McCutcheon |
| ISBN | 1406956155 |
With the passing of his beloved grandfather, Monty Brewster inherits a long-anticipated million dollars. But he suddenly discovers that he can inherit seven times as much from his eccentric uncle if he spends every cent of his grandfather's money within a year. The carefree prospect of running through...
| Author | Thorne Smith |
| ISBN | 0375753079 |
The beloved characters--mortal and immortal--of Topper return in this uproarious romp through the south of France. One of Thorne Smith's best-loved comedies, it proves once again that he is the undisputed master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee.
Cosmo Topper, the...
| Author | Howard Jacobson |
| ISBN | 0099274728 |
From the beginning Oliver Walzer is a natural - at ping-pong. Even with his improvised bat (the Collins Classic edition of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) he can chop, flick, half-volley like a champion. At sex he is not so adept, but with tuition from Sheeny Waxman, fellow member of the Akiva Social Club Table Tennis...
| Author | David Madsen |
| ISBN | 1873982712 |
In the intersection of the 15th and 16th centuries, a Dwarf (Big "D" to show respect) goes from the mean streets of Rome to walk with the giants of that world. Madsen remarkably gives us a tour of Europe, Italy, Rome, the Vatican, the papacy, Gnosticism, side-shows, sex, gore and love - always love. The...
Handcuffs, Truncheon and a Polyester Thong
Meet Mavis Upton.
As mummy to 7-year old Ella, surrogate to far too many pets and with a failed marriage under her belt, Mavis knows she needs to make some life-changing decisions. It's time to strike out into the world, to stand on her own two feet … to pursue a lifelong ambition to become a Police...
Mr Finchley Discovers His England
| Author | Victor Canning |
| ISBN | 0330233963 |
3+ Stars. "What is a holiday without change and excitement?" Ask Edgar Finchley, Esquire. MR. FINCHLEY DISCOVERS HIS ENGLAND was Victor Canning's first novel and a runaway best seller in 1934; and now, his novels are being re-released. This one, first in a trilogy is old-fashioned and silly....yes,...
