Highly contentious & subversive at the time of its first production in Milan in 1970, this has since become one of Fo's best known & translated text. Based on a true story it throws in to relief the judicial & police corruption of 1970s Italy. Simon Nyes's superb translation brings out the parallels with our situation today. ...

Petty thief Bernie La Plante (Dustin Hoffman) unintentionally & anonymously saves people involved in a plane crash, an action which triggers a nationwide search for the discovery of this 'accidental hero'. This search
- led by a TV reporter (Geena Davis)
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Maggie & Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in common than they could ever imagine. Both women think their lives are seamlessly secure, but they couldn't be more wrong... ...

Entertainingly indiscreet... Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use. --Financial Times Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, & chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. ...

Austin is one of those people who needs to survive through the destruction of others. The others, in Austin's case, include his successful elder brothers, Matthew, & the women who, one after the other, are so touchingly convinced that they can 'save' him. This is the story of the relentless struggle for survival of Austin, the accidental man. ...

How does a man addicted to routine
- a man who flosses his teeth before love-making
- cope with the chaos of everyday life?

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When Simon Rimmer bought a small vegetarian restaurant, he had no idea how to cook. Armed with two cookbooks & heaps of enthusiasm, he & a friend created the best vegetarian restaurant in Manchester, famous for its unusual food & lovely atmosphere. This book presents a collection of some of his recipes that are quick to prepare. ...

The Designing Debutantes have arrived, & they're taking the ton by storm... As a viscount's heir, Rafe Wolfford knows he must take a wife someday, but she must be the right sort of wife, & one that won't delve into his escapades as a spy. One thing is for certain: the forthright & perceptive Lady Verity is altogether the wrong choice. But Rafe is on a mission to discover whether Verity or anyone else at Elegant Occasions is leaking information to the French, & so he commences a faux courtship, determined to keep his real feelings out of it... With one disastrous engagement behind her, Verity won't easily open her heart again, & although Rafe's charm catches her off guard, she knows he's harbouring secrets. But when Verity's ex-fiancé tries to ruin her reputation, Rafe offers his h&, & she has little choice but to accept. Only trust can turn this accidental arrangement into a true marriage. But when both parties are so highly suspicious of the other, who will dare su... ...

Kate Parker has had so much bad luck in her life, she's convinced she's cursed. But when she tries to do her best to keep herself & her son safe, people tell her she's being anxious & obsessive. Just when her life starts to spin completely out of control, an Oxford professor she meets offers to help. But his methods are not conventional. If she wants to live her life again, he will expect her to take risks. When a mysterious neighbour starts to take more than a passing interest in her, Kate tries to stay rational & ignore it. Maybe this, however, is the one time Kate should be worried. ...

Welcome to Manhattan's Upper East Side. Where they have their own rigid code of behaviour
- adhered to by the Wilder-Bingham

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