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Barcelona Plates by Alexei Sayle
24.99 NZD
26.95 (7% off)
Category: Fiction
The renowned comedian and presenter Alexei Sayle proves himself to be a formidable literary talent in this wonderful collection of sleek, dark, and witty short stories. A septuagenarian contract killer, a chronic hypochondriac, two zombie-creating comedians, a good Samaritan and a man called Barnab ...Show more
Mister Roberts by Alexei Sayle
27.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Above a small village in Spain, an English costume designer sees a bright shining star lurch abruptly across the sky.On Christmas Day a strong, silent man with blank eyes enters Bar Noche Azul. Only a thirteen year old boy could have guessed that there was any connection between the two.Wonderfully inve ...Show more
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Alexei Sayle was born in Liverpool on the day egg rationing came to an end. Alexei always knew his parents were different. They ate salad. And they read the Soviet Weekly. They also travelled. They travelled to northern seaside towns to attend AGMs. And they travelled across Europe. Determined to see Co ...Show more
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The Sayles might not have been the only Jewish atheist communist family in Liverpool, but Alexei knew from an early age that they were one of the more eccentric. Born on the day egg rationing came to an end, Alexei was the only child of Joe, an affable trade unionist who led the family on railway expedi ...Show more
Thatcher Stole My Trousers by Alexei Sayle
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'What I brought to comedy was an authentic working-class voice plus a threat of genuine violence - nobody in Monty Python looked like a hard case who'd kick your head in.' In 1971 comedians on the working men's club circuit imagined that they would be free to go on telling their tired, racist, misogyni ...Show more
The Dog Catcher by Alexei Sayle
24.99 NZD
26.95 (7% off)
Category: Fiction
Alexei Sayle is back, with a new collection of dark, timely, and comic tales. These dazzlingly written stories cut right to the heart of the modern world. The acclaimed Barcelona Plates revealed Alexei Sayle as a writer with an outstanding ability to describe contemporary life in an unusual way. Now, ...Show more
Weeping Women Hotel by Alexei Sayle
27.99 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: Fiction
Northern girl Harriet lives and works on a London estate which is a battleground between the white working class plus the immigrants versus the newly arrived middle class focaccia-eaters. Unhappy and overweight, she hires a personal trainer who lures her into joining the martial arts class he runs. The ...Show more
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