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A disgraced Dwarven hero. A band of deadbeat adventurers. His last shot at redemption could get him killed.
If Gorm Ingerson really wanted to drink himself to death, he never should have helped the Goblin. When his good deed lands him in a bad contract, Gorm finds himself entangled in a quest that will pit him against business magnates, the king of the Freedlands, and a mad goddess trying to fulfill a suicidal prophecy.
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"The biting literary satire of The Sellout meets the pulsing thrill of Mouth to Mouth in this darkly humorous, surreal debut about a seductive, but problematic bond between an unhappily married therapist and the cancelled K-Pop idol she meets at a Los Angeles H Mart"--
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"A raucous and wickedly smart satire of Hollywood, toxic fandom, and our chronically online culture, following a washed-up actor on his quest to revive the cult TV drama that catapulted him to teenage fame David Crader is a has-been. A former child actor from the hit 90s teen drama Rev Beach, he now rotates between his new roles as deadbeat dad, part-time alcoholic, and occasional videogame voice actor. But when David is summoned to Los Angeles by...
4) Envy
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"Yuri Olesha's novella Envy brings together cutting social satire, slapstick humor, and a wild visionary streak. Andrei is a model Soviet citizen, a swaggeringly self-satisfied mogul of the food industry who intends to revolutionize modern life with mass-produced sausage. Nikolai takes what he can, but that doesn't mean he's grateful. Griping, sulking, grovellingly abject, he despises everything Andrei believes in, even if he envies him his every...
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"Continuing the enormous success of the previous two years, the third season of SNL showcased a fearless cast that created some of the most memorable sketches to ever appear on the show. With hilarious breakthrough characters like The Nerds, Coneheads, lounge singer Nick Winters, Samurai Warrior, a singing King Tut and featuring Father Guido Sarducci as well as "The Franken and Davis show," SNL continued to define itself as the pinnacle of irreverent...