Jimmy Spud (Sean Landless) is an 11-year-old boy from Newcastle who decides he wants to become an angel. His unemployed dad (Iain Glen) disapproves of his plans, thinking he should get into football & girls instead, but when the Archangel Gabriel (Billy Connolly) comes for a visit, young Jimmy feels that his dreams will soon be realised. However, when he starts wandering around carrying a golden trumpet & wearing a robe made from feathers, trouble is sure to follow. ...

By concentrating on the later novels, including " The General in His Labyrinth", this study brings out the internal dialogue between the novels so that " One Hundred Years of Solitude" then stands out, like " Don Quixote" in Cervantes's oeuvre, as untypical yet more deeply representative. ...

A critical examination of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's " Love in the Time of Cholera", this text forms part of a series that aims to provide accessible & informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed & most influential novels of recent years. ...

The idea of 'hope' has received significant attention in the political sphere. But is hope just wishful thinking, or can it be something more than a political catch-phrase? This book argues that hope can be understood existentially, or on the basis of what it means to be human. ...

Gabriel Metsu (1625-1667) employed an unusual variety of styles, techniques, & subjects, making him a particularly difficult artist to characterize. This book offers a portrait of the age through Metsu's patrons & his wide network of contacts & colleagues in Amsterdam, as well as analysis of Metsu's technique as a draftsman & as a painter. ...