"A Confederacy of Dunces" meets "The Player" in an off-beat, sidesplitting hilarious novel about making it against all odds in 1990s' Hollywood. ...

McClelland & Stewart's elegant New Canadian Library series acknowledges and celebrates Canada's glorious literary achievements. Original Afterwords and bibliographies by leading writers complete each book.<BR>-- Over 300 years of excellence in Canadian writing<BR>-- Over one million sold since 1990 ...

An aging band on the verge, the Tall Poppies were still looking for their big break in the crapshoot known as the music business. So when their drummer was gunned down right in the middle of the video - and the murder caught on camera - they weren't too unhappy about seeing themselves on TV screens all around the world. Our heroine, Rachel Ganelli, self-confessed band moll (and witness to the shooting), had headed for Australia to escape a ...

A newly unearthed classic by one of America's foremost comic writers is a riotous show-business satire about a police desk clerk who is plucked from obscurity to write a musical about homicide detectives. ...

A hilarious and touching debut novel-in the seriocomic Nick Hornby tradition-that demonstrates why marriage, fatherhood, and maturity don't always arrive on a synchronized schedule. <BR>Michael Adams is a composer of advertising jingles who shares a flat with three other men in their late twenties. Days are spent lying in bed, playing computer and musical trivia games, and occasionally doing a spot of work. And, when he feels like it, he ...

Now in paperback--the New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Good in Bed! ...

The next book in the Miss Adventure series--following the sexy, sassy debut "Tangle in Tijuana"--invites readers to dodge backstabbing competitors and a lecherous host in the race for the coveted crown at the Miss Liberty Pageant. ...

Luke Fisher surfs by morning and attends classes at Flagler College by day. He passes out at the ghastly sight of what he finds on the beach one morning, and quickly becomes the prime suspect in a crime that rocks the college and the small town community of St. Augustine, Florida.When former Maine state judge Rick Derlax's "do the crime, do the time" philosophy catches up with him, he escapes to the small coastal town to begin a new career as a ...

Finnamore's universally applauded "Otherwise Engaged" followed one woman's whirlwind ride from diamond ring to altar. "The Zygote Chronicles" is her singular take on the next leg of the journey--a riotous and poignant novel in journal form that takes us from conception to delivery room. ...

Roberts presents an unusual view of many human activities as seen through the eyes of a tiny hessian fly. He provides humorous and sometimes perplexing descriptions of sporting events, household chores, and general human behavior. ...