SMALL, WELL APPOINTED FUTURE. SEMI DETACHED.

If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it's only sensible to make alternative arrangements. Certainly the Earth has its points, but what most people need is something smaller and more manageable. Of course there are those who say that's planetary treason, but who cares what the weirdos and terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that there's somebody left to see it.

In marketing terms the end of the world will be very big. Anyone trying to save it should remember that.

THIS OTHER EDEN

Bruce shoots movies. Wayne and Scout shoot to kill. In a single night they find out the hard way what's real and what's not, who's the hero and the villain. A nation watches in awe as Bruce and Wayne resolve the serious questions. Does art imitate life? And does Bruce use erection cream?

Popcorn

Faux espoirs et vraies magouilles dans le monde impitoyable de la télé-réalité. Acide, survoltée, désopilante, une dénonciation sans concessions des dessous du petit écran, par l’auteur deDevine qui vient mourir ce soir ?et d’Amitiés mortelles.Aujourd’hui, ils ne sont plus que douze.A la fin, il n’en restera qu’un…Ze Star, vous connaissez le principe, 12 apprentis chanteurs jetés en pâture à un jury impitoyable : Rodney, pop star has-been, qui vendrait sa mère pour un dernier quart d’heure de gloire, Beryl, une transexuelle en pleine promo pour sa dernière émission de télé-réalité et Calvin Simms, juré, producteur et présentateur un brin mégalo.L’audience est au rendez-vous, les candidats se bousculent, tout irait pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes si la toute nouvelle épouse américaine de Calvin ne s’était pas mise en tête de divorcer. Conscient qu’il pourrait bien se retrouver sur la paille, Calvin joue son va-tout et lui propose un pari : elle choisit le candidat et s’il parvient à le faire gagner, elle ne touchera rien.Prise au jeu, ladite épouse fait son choix : le prince de Galles en personne !La mission s’annonce impossible, sauf peut-être pour le plus pourri des producteurs télé…

Ze star

Berlin 1920 Two babies are born.

Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood.



As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice....Which one of them will survive?



Ben Elton's most personal novel to date,Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour.

TWO BROTHERS

Inconceivable

Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion.



Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd. In his own small ways, he wants to push against the system. But in this world, uniformity is everything. And even tiny defiances won't go unnoticed.



Ben Elton's dark, savagely comic novel imagines a post-apocalyptic society where religious intolerance combines with a sex-obsessed, utterly egocentric culture. In this world, nakedness is modesty, independent thought subversive, and ignorance is wisdom. 



A chilling vision of what's to come?  Or something rather closer to home?

Blind Faith

For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll.  His whole life was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine fuelled. If he hadn't met Monica he would probably have ended up either dead or in rehab.

But Jimmy was as lucky in love as he was at betting on dodgy derivatives, so instead of burning out, his star just burned brighter than ever. Rich, pampered and successful, Jimmy, Monica and their friends lived the dream, bringing up their children with an army of domestic helps.

But then it all came crashing down. And when the global financial crisis hit, Jimmy discovers that anyone can handle success. It's how you handle failure that really matters.

THIS OTHER EDEN

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