Far away, in the ancient empire of Greater Fallowfields, things are falling apart. The imperial orchestra is presided over by a conductor who has never played a note, the clocks are changed constantly to ensure that the sun always sets at five o'...
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As the wet Lakeland fells grow misty and the holiday season draws to a close; as the tourists trickle away from the campsite, along with the sunshine, and the hot water, and the last of the good beer — a man accidentally spills a tin of green...
Set at the dawn of the great age of exploration, the era of Shackleton and Perry and Scott, the book presents the adventures of two intrepid teams, both vying to reach the AFP, or Agreed Furthest Point-a worthy, even ennobling cause. The competition...
All of Magnus Mills' darkly comic and hugely entertaining stories are here collected in one book for the first...
It's a matter of procedure,' I explained. 'Strictly for the record. You don't get sacked from this job unless you did what Thompson did.' 'What did he do then?' 'We never mention it.' In Magnus Mills' brilliant short novel he transports us into the...
Living in a tin shack, on a great plain, with only the wind for company; what could be better? But with Mary Petrie rapidly turning your house into a home, and the charismatic Michael Hawkins enticing your neighbours away, suddenly there are choices...
Магнус Миллз (р. 1954) — современный культовый британский автор из Манчестера, имеет полтора высших образования, 7 лет строил заборы,...
Один из самых ярких представителей современной британской литературы "черный юморист" Магнус Миллз знает, о чем пишет. Восемь лет он...
«– Хотя вот еще что, – сказал он, пошелестев бумажками в папке. – Я тут просматривал ваш ежедневный пробег за декабрь. Судя по этим...