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Barcelona Plates by Alexei Sayle
$22.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
The renowned comedian and presenter Alexei Sayle proves himself to be a formidable literary talent in this wonderful collection of sleek, dark, and witty short stories. A septuagenarian contract killer, a chronic hypochondriac, two zombie-creating comedians, a good Samaritan and a man called Barnaby ...Show more
Barcelona Plates by Alexei Sayle
$16.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
This work contains short stories of a septuagenarian contract killer, a chronic hypochondriac, two zombie-creating comedians, a good Samaritan and a man called Barnaby whose holiday takes an unexpected turn. In these sleek and witty tales, described by "Loaded" as 'an excellent collection of dark, funny ...Show more
Mister Roberts by Alexei Sayle
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Above a small village in Spain, an English costume designer sees a bright shining star lurch abruptly across the sky.On Christmas Day a strong, silent man with blank eyes enters Bar Noche Azul. Only a thirteen year old boy could have guessed that there was any connection between the two.Wonderfully inve ...Show more
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Alexei Sayle was born in Liverpool on the day egg rationing came to an end. Alexei always knew his parents were different. They ate salad. And they read the Soviet Weekly. They also travelled. They travelled to northern seaside towns to attend AGMs. And they travelled across Europe. Determined to see Co ...Show more
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The Sayles might not have been the only Jewish atheist communist family in Liverpool, but Alexei knew from an early age that they were one of the more eccentric. Born on the day egg rationing came to an end, Alexei was the only child of Joe, an affable trade unionist who led the family on railway expedi ...Show more
Thatcher Stole My Trousers by Alexei Sayle
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'What I brought to comedy was an authentic working-class voice plus a threat of genuine violence - nobody in Monty Python looked like a hard case who'd kick your head in.' In 1971 comedians on the working men's club circuit imagined that they would be free to go on telling their tired, racist, misogyni ...Show more
Thatcher Stole My Trousers by Alexei Sayle
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'Enlightening ...Funny, smart, original and provocative ...It is hard to imagine the stalwarts of Mock the Week recognising the Druze militia leader Walid Jumblatt in a London cinema' New Statesman What I brought to comedy was an authentic working-class voice plus a threat of genuine violence - nobody i ...Show more
The Dog Catcher by Alexei Sayle
$22.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Alexei Sayle is back, with a new collection of dark, timely, and comic tales. These dazzlingly written stories cut right to the heart of the modern world. The acclaimed Barcelona Plates revealed Alexei Sayle as a writer with an outstanding ability to describe contemporary life in an unusual way. Now, ...Show more
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