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“guy kennaway”

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  • One People

    by Guy Kennaway ...
    Set in the village of Cousins Cove, Jamaica, One People plunges us into a small community where everyone knows everyone's business, poverty is a way of life and dreams of escape trickle through fingers. Guy Kennaway's comic novel – sparkling with irreverent wit and written partly in Patwa – is cherished in Jamaica for its humour and humanity. It celebrates the essence of the island, where 'culture ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sonny

    Love with no limit

    by Guy Kennaway ...
    This is a book about what happens when your child turns out to be very different. That was the fate of Andrea and Maff, a couple from Somerset, UK, whose son was born with multiple severe physical and mental challenges. By the time he was fourteen, Sonny held the royal flush of disabilities: totally paralysed, he could not talk, he could not breathe, and he could not swallow food or liquid. He was ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Accidental Collector

    Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

    by Guy Kennaway ...
    Set in the world of contemporary art, Guy Kennaway's new novel delivers his trademark absurdities and laugh out loud moments.As the globe's most successful super-dealer, Herman Gertsch spent his charmed life jettiing between his galleries in Zurich, London and New York, fawned over by artists, curators, politicians and the uber-rich.As Herman's empire grew, nothing seemed to get in his way, until ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Good Scammer

    by Guy Kennaway ...
    Good Scammer tells the story of Clive 'Bangaz' Thompson, an orphan born in west Jamaica raised with no love, education, or prospects of ever getting a decent job. He designs an ingenious business model that brings millions of dollars annually to the little villages around the sandy inlets of the Jamaican coast, making himself a vast personal fortune and a hero to his community. He achieves all of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Foot Notes

    Black and White Thinking

    by Guy Kennaway, Hussein Sharif ...
    When Guy Kennaway, 63, a white, middle class, overweight, English, Tory-voting writer met Hussein Sharif, 22, an African-born, inner city, Tory-hating Muslim, they assumed they had little in common. But newly related by marriage, they decided to go on a walk through Britain to get to know each other. Guy's mission was to explain to Hussein how wonderful British life and culture was, and Hussein's ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Time to Go

    by Guy Kennaway ...
    In 2017 Susie Kennaway asked her son Guy to kill her.88 years old, with an older and infirm husband, Susie wanted to avoid sliding into infantilised catatonia. The son immediately started taking notes and Time to Go is the result.In turns a manual for those considering the benefits of assisted dying, a portrait of a mother son relationship, and a sympathetic description of old age, this book is a ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

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    by Victor Headley ...
    Now a major film directed by Idris Elba, Yardie by Victor Headley shines a light on the brutal underworld of 90s London gang culture.At Heathrow Airport’s busy immigration desk, a newly arrived Jamaican strolls through with a kilo of top-grade cocaine strapped to his body. And keeps on walking . . .By the time the syndicate get to hear about the missing consignment, D is in business – for himself ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • For Crying Out Loud

    The World According to Clarkson Volume 3

    by Jeremy Clarkson ...
    Series series The World According to Clarkson
    Jeremy Clarkson, shares his opinions on just about everything in For Crying Out Loud.The publication of The World According to Clarkson in 2004 launched a multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon. But to no avail.Jeremy's one man war on crimes against common sense has not yet been won. And out hero's still scratching his head at the madness of it all. But it's not all bad. He's learnt a little ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Just Ignore Him

    A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick

    by Alan Davies ...
    'A simply astonishing achievement. The quality, depth, emotional power and terrifying honesty of Alan Davies's story-telling take the breath away' Stephen Fry'This hugely affecting book is brave, insightful and, at times, funny about things it is hard to be funny about' Jo BrandThe story of a life built on sand. In the rain.In this compelling memoir, comedian and actor Alan Davies recalls his ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #1)

    by Aaron Blabey ...
    Illustrated by Aaron Blabey ...
    Series Book 1 - The Bad Guys
    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThis New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.They sound like bad guys, they look like bad guys . . . and they even smell like bad guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are about to change ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • As I Was Saying . . .

    The World According to Clarkson Volume 6

    by Jeremy Clarkson ...
    Series series The World According to Clarkson
    As I Was Saying... is the seventh book in Jeremy Clarkson's best-selling The World According to Clarkson series.***Crikey, the world according to Clarkson's been a funny old place of late . . .For a while, Jeremy could be found in his normal position as the tallest man on British television but, more recently, he appears to have been usurped by a pretend elephant.But on paper the real... ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • French Fried: one man's move to France with too many animals and an identity thief

    by Chris Dolley ...
    ** New York Times Bestseller **Animals behaving badly, other people's misfortunes and the most bizarre true crime story ever. French Fried is the unfortunately true account of Chris Dolley's first eight months in France and has been described as 'A Year in Provence with Miss Marple and Gerald Durrell.'Just when Chris and Shelagh think nothing more could possibly go wrong, they discover that Chris ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus