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Indigo Footsteps, Spatters of Red
by J. FallyAt first glance, Carter Cross and Josh Lessard seem like an ordinary couple. They make love and fight, know each other's strengths and weaknesses, deal with the "in-laws," and share their life and home. They even work together. One day, they'll probably die together - possibly a lot sooner than they'd prefer, given their profession as members of a paramilitary special unit formed to thwart a gory apocalypse. While Carter and Josh are used to cheating death on a daily basis, this time the odds are stacked against them. Between a deadly mission to complete and Josh's grandma coming for a visit, it'll take a miracle to get them out as horror invades not only a major city but also their home.
Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent: Book 1 (Indigo Wilde #1)
by Pippa CurnickEnter the colourful world of Indigo Wilde and the magical creatures who live at Jellybean Crescent. When a highly dangerous new arrival goes missing, the race is on to catch it before disaster strikes ... A wonderfully wild new series for readers of 7+ and fans of Pippi Longstocking and Amelia Fang.Discovered in the Unknown Wilderness when she was just a baby, Indigo Wilde was adopted by World-Famous Explorers, Philomena and Bertram, who are always off adventuring.Home for Indigo and her little brother, Quigley, is 47 Jellybean Crescent, a crazy and colourful house full of magical creatures that her parents have taken in over the years. There's Fishkins, a purrmaid - half-cat, half-fish, and ALWAYS grumpy; Graham, a llama-corn with a particular taste for tinsel; Olli and Umpf - bright pink and blue yetis who can't blend in to the snow, and that's to name just a few of the creatures. And now Indigo's parents have sent another Monster Mail delivery to Indigo and Quigley. But this time, the box is empty, and the escaped creature is running rampage around the house. The race is on to catch the creature before it's too late ...First in a new series by Pippa Curnick, this is gorgeously illustrated in full colour throughout.
Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent: Book 1 (Indigo Wilde #1)
by Pippa CurnickEnter the colourful world of Indigo Wilde and the magical creatures who live at Jellybean Crescent. When a highly dangerous new arrival goes missing, the race is on to catch it before disaster strikes ... A wonderfully wild new series for readers of 7+ and fans of Pippi Longstocking and Amelia Fang.Discovered in the Unknown Wilderness when she was just a baby, Indigo Wilde was adopted by World-Famous Explorers, Philomena and Bertram, who are always off adventuring.Home for Indigo and her little brother, Quigley, is 47 Jellybean Crescent, a crazy and colourful house full of magical creatures that her parents have taken in over the years. There's Fishkins, a purrmaid - half-cat, half-fish, and ALWAYS grumpy; Graham, a llama-corn with a particular taste for tinsel; Olli and Umpf - bright pink and blue yetis who can't blend in to the snow, and that's to name just a few of the creatures. And now Indigo's parents have sent another Monster Mail delivery to Indigo and Quigley. But this time, the box is empty, and the escaped creature is running rampage around the house. The race is on to catch the creature before it's too late ...First in a new series by Pippa Curnick. (P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Indigo Wilde and the Giant Problem: Book 3 (Indigo Wilde #3)
by Pippa CurnickEnter the wonderful world of Indigo Wilde and the magical creatures she takes care of ... including three new giants who are causing ENORMOUS trouble! A wonderfully wild series for children seven and up and fans of Pippi Longstocking and Amelia Fang.Indigo has lots of new Creatures to look after at her home on Jellybean Crescent, so she's busier than ever. Her parents have disappeared off once more to the Unknown World - and before she knows it, they've sent back a trio of giants for her to take care of. Usually, Indigo would have no problem at all with the extra Creatures - she loves a new challenge - but the shady Mr Templeton-Quirk has appeared and he has dastardly plans. Indigo will need help from all her friends in both the Known and Unknown Worlds to save the day. This is the third in the series - have you listened to the first audiobook, Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent?(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited 2023
Indigo Wilde and the Giant Problem: Book 3 (Indigo Wilde #3)
by Pippa CurnickEnter the colourful world of Indigo Wilde and the magical creatures she takes care of ... including some new giants who are causing ENORMOUS trouble! A wonderfully wild series, winner of the Alligator's Mouth Book Award; for readers of 7+ and fans of Pippi Longstocking and Amelia Fang.Indigo and her brother Quigley live in a house secretly full of magical Creatures. Indigo is never happier than when feeding chocolate to the fire-breathing rabbit or making nests for the colourful hophop birds. She loves a challenge! But when a giant appears in the garden she has an enormous problem on her hands. Can Indigo and Quigley help the giant save his sister, against all the odds? Indigo will need help from all her friends in both the Known and Unknown Worlds to save the day. Gorgeously illustrated in full colour throughout, this is the third in the series - have you read Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent, winner of the Alligator's Mouth Award?
Indigo Wilde and the Unknown Wilderness: Book 2 (Indigo Wilde #2)
by Pippa CurnickEnter the colourful world of Indigo Wilde and the magical creatures she takes care of ... When a moon bear appears at the door with news that her parents have vanished, Indigo's off on a hair-raising adventure! A wonderfully wild new series for readers of 7+ and fans of Pippi Longstocking and Amelia Fang.On Thursday, the doorbell rings at Indigo Wilde's house on Jellybean Crescent. It's a moon bear - an enormous winged bear covered with stars, the rarest of all rare creatures.The bear tells Indigo that her parents were studying it in its habitat in the Unknown Wilderness ... and now they've vanished.Indigo and her brother Quigley head off to rescue their parents. On their journey they come across many magical and extraordinary new creatures, but their parents are nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, there are other people studying the wildlife in the Unknown Wilderness. But do the people Indigo and Quigley meet really have the best intentions? Or are they capturing the magical creatures for their own gain?Gorgeously illustrated in full colour throughout, this is the second in the series - have you read Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent?
Indigo Wilde and the Unknown Wilderness: Book 2 (Indigo Wilde #2)
by Pippa CurnickEnter the colourful world of Indigo Wilde and the magical creatures she takes care of ... When a moon bear appears at the door with news that her parents have vanished, Indigo's off on a hair-raising adventure! A wonderfully wild new series for readers of 7+ and fans of Pippi Longstocking and Amelia Fang.On Thursday, the doorbell rings at Indigo Wilde's house on Jellybean Crescent. It's a moon bear - an enormous winged bear covered with stars, the rarest of all rare creatures.The bear tells Indigo that her parents were studying it in its habitat in the Unknown Wilderness ... and now they've vanished.Indigo and her brother Quigley head off to rescue their parents. On their journey they come across many magical and extraordinary new creatures, but their parents are nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, there are other people studying the wildlife in the Unknown Wilderness. But do the people Indigo and Quigley meet really have the best intentions? Or are they capturing the magical creatures for their own gain?This is the second in the series - have you listened to Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent?(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Indoor Fun Preschool Activity Book: 80 Fun Skill-Building Activities for Indoor Play
by Kailan CarrBoost preschool skills with indoor activities for kids ages 3 to 5Kids learn best through play, so developing crucial early skills with hands-on activities is a fun and easy way to give them a great head start. Indoor Fun Preschool Activity Book is packed with projects that teach and support early motor functions and classroom skills. You and your little one will enjoy exciting fuss-free activities that use indoor play to develop skills in sociability, math, science, reading, writing, and more!This book can be used alone or as a companion to My Preschool Workbook.Inside you'll find:Intro to play-based learning—Read up on the benefits of play-based learning and how you can help foster critical skills through indoor activity.80 engaging activities—Discover fun projects, games, and crafts specifically designed for indoor play and exploration, like Craft Stick Catapult, Toothpick Structures, and Play Dough Maze.Skill callouts—Match the right activity with the skill you want to practice using handy icons that identify specific types of learning.Give kids a jump start on developing basic skills through play with Indoor Fun Preschool Activity Book.
Industry of Magic & Light
by David KeenanIndustry of Magic & Light is a love letter to the counterculture of the 1960s and a requiem for its passing. The much-anticipated prequel to Keenan's cult classic debut, This is Memorial Device, Industry of Magic & Light is set in the same mythical Airdrie in the 1960s and early 70s and centres on a group of hippies running their own psychedelic light show. Told in two halves - the first in the form of an inventory of the contents of a caravan abandoned by one of the hippies, the second in the form of a tarot card reading - it is not so much a book about the 1960s as a direct channelling of the decade's energies, bringing to life how even the smallest and dreariest of working class towns felt so full of possibility in the wake of the psychedelic moment. Via artefacts from the time - everything from poetry chapbooks, record reviews and musical instruments through bubblegum wrappers, bicycle repair kits and mysterious cassette recordings - the book opens out into adventures along the hippy trail in Afghanistan and behind the Iron Curtain that leads a cast of new and returning characters - as well as the authorities - to believe that they are literally making magic. Simultaneously a forensics of the 1960s, a detective novel, an occult thriller, a vision quest, and the hallucinatory exposition of a moment where it felt like anything was possible, Industry of Magic & Life brings to life the streets of small working class towns as transformational sites of utopian joy.
Inequality in Contemporary Stand-Up Comedy in the UK (Palgrave Studies in Comedy)
by Claire SedgwickThis Pivot explores the cultural economy of comedy in the UK, looking specifically at the links between industry practices and structures and who produces comedy in the UK. The research is based on interviews with comedians in the East Midlands; significantly, this demographic has been historically under-researched in studies of precarity, where the East Midlands is typically overlooked in discussions of arts funding and access in favour of a more simplistic north/south divide narrative. Similarly, whilst there has been increased discussion of the precarity of the creative and cultural industries, as well as media articles on the difficulty of breaking into comedy as a member of a marginalised group, there has been relatively little academic research to support this. While Friedman’s work in particular has been helpful for understanding the link between comedy producers, class and taste making, there has been less attention paid to the sociologies of work within comedy. This book fillsthese gaps in research by exploring the experiences of comedians in the East Midlands, contributing to the rich body of scholarship on inequality in the cultural industries and promoting a better understanding of the impact of structural inequalities and precarity on access to the cultural industries.
Inesperado Destino (Trilogía Destino #Volumen 3)
by María Heredia¿Pueden dos desconocidas convivir juntas sin que todo estalle? Berta lleva una vida tranquila. Tiene un trabajo estable, vive en su propio apartamento y, aunque desde que lo dejó con su exnovia no ha tenido ninguna relación seria, no tiene demasiados problemas en el amor. Sin embargo, el final del verano le traerá una sorpresa: sus jefes la trasladan a la nueva oficina de la empresa con efecto inmediato.Después de años opositando, Carolina por fin ha conseguido su ansiada plaza y comenzará el nuevo curso como funcionaria. Está muy emocionada y no le importa empezar de cero en una nueva ciudad en la que no conoce a nadie. Ni siquiera a su nueva compañera de piso. Berta y Carolina acabarán compartiendo casa gracias a una amiga en común y tendrán que aprender a convivir la una con la otra a pesar de algunas situaciones comprometidas y los problemas del día a día. Aunque todo eso hará que la tensión entre ellas se acumule. ¿Podrá reinar la paz o acabará por estallar todo por los aires?
Infamous
by Ace AtkinsFrom "one of the best crime writers at work today" (Michael Connelly) comes a fast, funny, violent new noir crime classic-a Coen Brothers movie come to life. "Devil's Garden is a remarkable book that succeeds on every level." (Associated Press)He has been compared to Lehane, Ellroy, and Pelecanos, but Ace Atkins' rich, raucous, passionate blend of historical novel and crime story is all his own-and never more so than in Infamous.In July 1933, the gangster known as George "Machine Gun" Kelly staged the kidnapping-for-ransom of an Oklahoma oilman. He would live to regret it. Kelly was never the sharpest knife in the drawer, and what started clean soon became messy, as two of his partners cut themselves into the action; a determined former Texas Ranger makes tracking Kelly his mission; and Kelly's wife, ever alert to her own self-interest, starts playing both ends against the middle.The result is a mesmerizing tale set in the first days of the modern FBI, featuring one of the best femmes fatale in history-the Lady Macbeth of Depression-era crime-a great unexpected hero, and some of the most colorful supporting characters in recent crime fiction.
Infamous: A Novel
by Lex CroucherNamed a Most Anticipated Romance of 2023 by Goodreads and Bookpage"Lex Croucher is one of my favorite rom-com authors, and they should be yours, too." ––Casey McQuiston, #1 bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue"Croucher infuses this energetic Regency era friends-to-lovers sapphic romance with zany wit, joie de vivre, and a distinctive literary bent." ––Publishers WeeklyTwenty-two-year-old aspiring writer Edith (“Eddie”) Miller and her best friend Rose have always done everything together―from climbing trees and sneaking bottles of wine, to extensive kissing practice. But Rose has started talking about marriage, and Eddie is horrified. Why can’t they continue as they always have?Then Eddie meets charming, renowned poet Nash Nicholson––a rival of Lord Byron, if he does say so himself––and he welcomes her into his world of eccentric artists and boundary-breaking visionaries. When Eddie receives an invitation to Nash's crumbling Gothic estate in the countryside, promising inspiration (and time to finish her novel, a long-held dream), she eagerly agrees. But the pure hedonism and debauchery that ensues isn’t exactly what she had in mind, and Eddie soon finds herself torn between her complicated feelings for Rose and her equally complicated dynamic with Nash, whose increasingly bad behavior doesn’t match up to her vision for her literary hero.Will Eddie be forced to choose between her friendship with Rose and her literary dreams––or will she be able to write her own happily ever after?
Infernal Affairs
by Jane HellerIn this New York Times–bestselling author&’s &“very funny novel,&” a frustrated woman gets the ultimate makeover—by making an unwitting deal with the devil (Library Journal). Florida real estate agent Barbara Chessner is down on her luck, up several dress sizes, drowning herself in Bloody Marys—and, worst of all, has just been dumped by her husband for a blonde TV weatherperson. Tired of living the life of a woman in a &“before&” ad, Barbara stumbles outside in the midst of a thunderstorm and beseeches heaven to help her—unaware that someone diabolical might be listening . . . Barbara wakes up with golden hair (not her own premature gray), perfect pitch (she&’s tone deaf), a strange black dog (registered to her), no double chin, a waistline . . . and definite cleavage! Talk about a good night&’s sleep! Even more bizarre and seemingly wonderful things begin to happen to Barbara, including some potential new romances, and her friends at the real estate agency attribute the inexplicable to everything from hot flashes to dark forces. Not even she knows what the devil is going on. But when she finds out, all hell is going to break loose . . . &“Barbara is a terrific character—clever, witty, and truly likable.&” —Library Journal &“Sly, smart-mouthed fun.&” —People &“Fiendishly funny.&” —Booklist
Infinite Fantastika: Twelve Stories
by Paul Di FilippoTwelve short stories of speculative fiction from &“an author who genuinely comes close to defying all attempts at description. A true original&” (Infinity Plus). Enter the boundless realms of science fiction, fantasy, horror, the weird, the surreal, and the absurd with a dozen stories from acclaimed author Paul Di Filippo. Watch as a man tries to adapt when his intense connection with instinct and nature vanishes in &“Before and After Science,&” a long-lost story that appeared in a fanzine decades ago. Enjoy the flash fiction of &“Domotica Berserker!&” in which massive house printers get hacked and go on a rampage—painting the town pink. Get a glimpse of how LARPing and nowts (aka now-tweakers) don&’t mix in &“A Faster, Deeper Now.&” And delve into the Lovecraftian mythos with &“The Horror at Gancio Rosso,&” in which retired New York City crimefighter Joseph Petrosino travels to Sicily to investigate new bodies appearing in a catacomb filled with ancient mummies. This mind-blowing collection is &“an example of what makes Di Filippo, Di Filippo. Best part: it throws the taxonomy of genre out the window to be creative in a number of ways&” (Speculiction). Praise for Paul Di Filippo &“Di Filippo is like gourmet potato chips to me. I can never eat just one of his stories.&” —Harlan Ellison &“Di Filippo is the spin doctor of SF—and it is a powerful medicine he brews.&” —Brian Aldiss, Hugo Award–winning author of Hothouse &“Vibrant, nervy, and full of gloriously wiggy language, Ribofunk is anything but the same old stuff.&” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
Infinite Jest
by David Foster WallaceSet in an addict's halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the most endearing screwed-up families in contemporary fiction, this novel explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to dominate our lives, about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people, and about what the pleasures we choose say who we are.
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace'A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything' New York Times'Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight' James Wood, Guardian'He induces the kind of laughter which, when read in bed with a sleeping partner, wakes said sleeping partner up . . . He's damn good' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian'One of the best books about addiction and recovery to appear in recent memory' Sunday TimesSomewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of Infinite Jest, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of catatonic bliss . . .
Infinite Jest: A Novel
by David Foster Wallace'A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything' New York Times'Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight' James Wood, Guardian'He induces the kind of laughter which, when read in bed with a sleeping partner, wakes said sleeping partner up . . . He's damn good' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian'One of the best books about addiction and recovery to appear in recent memory' Sunday TimesSomewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of Infinite Jest, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of catatonic bliss . . .
Influenced: The explosive and conversation-starting book club read from the bestselling author!
by Anna Whitehouse'Powerful. A great book club pick!' RED'One of the best new reach reads!' THE TIMES'Raw, honest and funny' HEATHer life was perfect.Now she wants revenge.Alexandra is falling apart. She's just lost her job, her husband barely acknowledges her existence and her daughter hates her. The only place she truly feels seen, is online. She loves nothing more than the rush of emotion when she sees a blinking notification, a heart on one of her posts. Here, in this filtered reality, this community of women means she doesn't feel quite so alone, after all.Until, one day, everything changes. And she'll do everything in her power to put it right...***Readers can't wait for INFLUENCED...'Blown away by the first novel and hoping and praying for much more where this came from! Relatable, well-written, harrowing and gripping reading' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Incredible, absolute must read, I can't wait for what comes next!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Absolute killer first novel... more please!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Unputdownable, funny and serious, I can't wait for the next book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Influenced: The explosive and conversation-starting book club read from the bestselling author!
by Anna Whitehouse'Powerful. A great book club pick!' RED'One of the best new reach reads!' THE TIMES'Raw, honest and funny' HEATHer life was perfect.Now she wants revenge.Alexandra is falling apart. She's just lost her job, her husband barely acknowledges her existence and her daughter hates her. The only place she truly feels seen, is online. She loves nothing more than the rush of emotion when she sees a blinking notification, a heart on one of her posts. Here, in this filtered reality, this community of women means she doesn't feel quite so alone, after all.Until, one day, everything changes. And she'll do everything in her power to put it right...***Readers can't wait for INFLUENCED...'Blown away by the first novel and hoping and praying for much more where this came from! Relatable, well-written, harrowing and gripping reading' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Incredible, absolute must read, I can't wait for what comes next!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Absolute killer first novel... more please!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Unputdownable, funny and serious, I can't wait for the next book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Infographica
by Simon Toseland Martin ToselandInfographica collects intriguing data from across the planet--for instance, the average lifespan of people living on each continent, the relative durations of the world's unmanned space probes, or the bite strength of the world's most dangerous predators--and presents it in stylish, inventive, and original infographics. Quirky, irreverent, and visually appealing, this book is a must-have reference for anyone wishing to keep informed, as well as a primer on information design from the writing and design team of Martin and Simon Toseland.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Inherited Disorders: Stories, Parables & Problems
by Adam Ehrlich SachsA son receives an inheritance from his father and tries to dispose of it before it destroys him. Inherited Disorders tells this elemental story in over 100 hilarious, witty variations.Adam Ehrlich Sachs's Inherited Disorders is a rueful, absurd, and endlessly entertaining look at a most serious subject--the eternally vexed relations between fathers and sons. In a hundred and seventeen shrewd, surreal vignettes, Sachs lays bare the petty rivalries, thwarted affection, and mutual bafflement that have characterized the filial bond since the days of Davidic kings. A philosopher's son kills his father and explains his aphorisms to death. A father bequeaths to his son his jacket, deodorant, and political beliefs. England's most famous medium becomes possessed by the spirit of his skeptical father--who questions, in front of the nation, his son's choice of career. A Czech pianist amputates his fingers one by one to thwart his father, who will not stop composing concertos for him. A nineteenth-century Italian nobleman wills his ill-conceived flying contraption--incapable of actual flight--to his newborn son. In West Hollywood, an aspiring screenwriter must contend with the judgmental visage of his father, a respected public intellectual whose frozen head, clearly disappointed in him, he keeps in his freezer. Keenly inventive, but painfully familiar, these surprisingly tender stories signal the arrival of a brilliant new comic voice--and fresh hope for fathers and sons the world over.
Inherited: One Nanny (Nanny Wanted! #12)
by Emma DarcyNANNY WANTEDTo my heir, Beau Prescott, I leave my Sydney estate and place into his good care my dedicated staff: housekeeper, gardener and nanny.Nanny? Beau Prescott was highly suspicious of this interloper in the family home. A fit man until his sudden death, what did his grandfather need with a nanny? Maybe he'd taken her in out of pity-Margaret Stowe did sound as if she'd be the starchy, spinster sort.But the vision that greeted him on his arrival home called out to every male hormone Beau had. Margaret Stowe was a stunningly beautiful young woman. Just what situation had he inherited?
Inishowen
by Joseph O'ConnorFrom the bestselling author of Star of the Sea and Shadowplay, 'a powerful, moving adventure of raw fate and betrayed love' (Independent on Sunday).Inspector Martin Aitken's life is a mess. He's divorced, his career's in chaos, and the last thing he needs this Christmas Eve is a strange woman collapsed on a Dublin street. Ellen Donnelly is a woman on a mission, coming to Ireland to find her mother and escape her marriage. Dr Milton Amery, a New York plastic surgeon, is her unfaithful husband. The three are beginning new journeys, each of which lead to Inishowen.'A page-turner, full of compassion, laughter and zest for the human condition' Irish Times'Tremendous... A love story, a realistic thriller and an account of grief and loss' Spectator
Injury Time: A Novel
by Beryl BainbridgeWinner of the Whitbread Literary Award: A darkly humorous tale about a 1970s dinner party gone terribly wrong by one of Britain's most renowned authors. Edward is normally a cautious man, especially when it comes to his mistress, Binny. But he feels bad that his lover never gets to enjoy the small intimacies of marriage, like sorting his socks or picking out gifts for his family. It is out of this guilt that Edward agrees to throw a dinner party with his "real friends" so Binny can feel more involved in his life and play hostess for a night. But there's one catch: Edward has to be home no later than eleven to keep his wife from discovering his infidelity. The invitees to the secret soiree are a discreet couple: Simpson, an aspiring adulterer himself, and Muriel, a simultaneously disapproving and open-minded housewife. But as Binny haphazardly prepares the food, shoos her children out for the night, and frets about the aesthetics of her front lawn, the guests take an unintended detour through her run-down neighborhood. Edward, meanwhile, is silently panicking--and drinking. Simpson and Muriel finally arrive, and when everyone sits down to eat, it's already a quarter past nine. Things get off to a decent, if awkward, start, until there's a loud knock at the door. It's Binny's scandalously drunk old friend, Alma, who proceeds to vomit and pass out. But what should be the end of the evening is only the beginning. More unexpected guests arrive--this time it's bank robbers with sawed-off shotguns. What follows is a chaotic and hilarious series of events, replete with a fake ping-pong match, a baby carriage full of cash, and a delirious getaway. Edward soon begins to worry less about getting home on time, and more about making it home at all. Equal parts dark comedy and thriller, Injury Time is a witty take on 1970s social mores by one of the most celebrated British authors, Beryl Bainbridge, who was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize five times. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Beryl Bainbridge including rare images from the author's estate.