Un héroe cuya arma favorita es un martillo… claramente tiene problemasJoe es un ex marine y ex agente del FBI, solitario y perseguido, que prefiere ser invisible. No se permite ni amigos ni amantes y...

 La odisea de un detective irreverente en las sórdidas calles de Los Ángeles. Feliz Muñeca es un encantador aunque inexperto detective privado que vive en Hollywood con su querido chucho, George. Veterano...

Alan Blair es un joven y disparatado escritor con problemas mentales, emocionales, sexuales, espirituales y físicos. De hecho, a Alan se le da muy bien acumular problemas. Por fortuna, cuenta con Jeeves,...

Jonathan Ames, creador de la serie "Bored to Death", ofrece su mejor colección de textos hasta la fecha, entre ellos el relato que dio origen a la célebre serie televisiva de la HBO. Esta colección de...

La carrera como profesor de inglés de Louis Ives se ve interrumpida inesperadamente cuando lo pillan en la sala de profesores llevando un sujetador de una compañera de trabajo. Escapa a Nueva York, donde...

In this second installment of a series characterized by "offbeat humor and unflinching violence" (NTYBR), the eponymous and hapless detective Happy Doll returns with a new philosophy and a new case; "Hard-boiled...

A brilliant contemporary reimagining of the greatest comic relationship of all time, which goes far beyond pastiche to places even Wodehouse couldn't.Alan Blair, the hero of Wake Up, Sir!, is a young,...

A hilarious novel from one America's funniest living writers – like a New York Withnail and I Meet Louis Ives: well-groomed, romantic, and as captivating as an F. Scott Fitzgerald hero. Only this hero...

A new extended edition of this supremely hardboiled thriller, to tie in with the release of a major hollywood film version, starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Lynne Ramsay Joe has witnessed things...

Jonathan Ames, whose debut novel I Pass Like Night was enthusiastically praised by Philip Roth and Joyce Carol Oates, has followed up with a brilliant and comic second novel. Louis Ives, the narrator...

Wildly original novelist, essayist, and performance artist Jonathan Ames delivers a hilarious, risqué, and loveable selection of articles, essays, and fiction, including several previously unpublished...

From the creator of the HBO series Bored to Death, the story of a young alcoholic writer and his personal valet, a hilarious homage to the Bertie and Jeeves novels of P.G. Wodehouse.Alan Blair, the hero...

In this deliciously noir novel from the creator of HBO's Bored to Death, idiosyncratic private detective Happy Doll embarks on a quest to help a dying friend in a sun-blinded Los Angeles  as "quirky,...

'An adept purveyor of the very noir' The TimesA NAME FROM THE PASTWhen Mary DeAngelo walks into Happy Doll's office, she brings with her the scent of sandalwood perfume, a whole lot of cash, and the name...

'Shot through with darkly comic flourishes. Motel, money, murder, madness: it has all you need to keep you happy' THE TIMES, THRILLER OF THE MONTHMeet Happy Doll Hap to his friends. He's a LA private...

Mi-irlandais, mi-italien, ancien Marine et ex-agent du FBI, 1,88 m, 86 kilos, Joe vit désormais chez sa mère à New York. Il est engagé par le sénateur Votto pour retrouver sa fille adolescente enlevée,...

Quand Jonathan A. se retrouve à l’arrière d’une voiture avec une vieille naine qui en a après son caleçon, il prend conscience qu’il a peut-être un problème avec l’alcool. Sa première cuite l’avait pourtant...

The basis for the HBO® Original Series starring Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), and Ted Danson, Bored to Death is a Raymond Chandleresque tale of a struggling Brooklyn...

Happy Doll, alias Hank Doll, une cinquantaine d’années, habite Los Angeles. Il est détective privé le jour et vigile dans un salon de massage la nuit, après une carrière dans la Navy et dans la police....