Книги, похожие на «Jon McGregor, This Isn’t the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You»

A hugely significant political novel for the late twentieth century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era and winner of the Nobel Prize for Fiction.In a London squat a band of bourgeois revolutionaries are united by a loathing of the waste and cruelty they see around them. These maladjusted malcontents try desperately to become involved in terrorist activities far beyond their level of competence. Only Alice seems capable of organising anything. Motherly, practical and determined, she is also easily exploited by the group and ideal fodder for a more dangerous and potent cause. Eventually their naïve radical fantasies turn into a chaos of real destruction, but the aftermath is not as exciting as they had hoped. Nonetheless, while they may not have changed the world, their lives will never be the same again …

Step behind the hotel room doors of The Chatsfield, London…Johanna Windsor has one rule: not sleeping with Ed Garrison tonight. Yes, he’s mouth-wateringly sexy, and yes as bridesmaid and best man they should be the perfect match. But falling into bed with him after every wedding is becoming a habit… one that really must stop!But when a mix-up leaves Ed and Johanna alone together in a sumptuous and built-for-passion Chatsfield hotel room, Johanna’s resolve is sorely tested. And when Ed shows Johanna a side she’s never seen before, she soon decides that all rules are made to be broken!

An increase in deadly kidnappings puts the residents of Phoenix, Arizona, in a state of panic. Dangerous and brutal, the Sinaloa drug cartel has set up shop in the region.But the abductions are only the beginning. Determined to take over the drug pipeline between Nogales and Phoenix, a merciless Mexican drug lord will stop at nothing to gain control–no matter how many innocent people die along the way.With the city under siege and local law enforcement rendered powerless, Mack Bolan must find a way to stop the cartel's operation. But it's going to take more than brawn and firepower to win this battle. The Executioner must conduct a spectacular blitz to destroy the crime ring and restore order in Sun City.