This is A Local Book for Local People. There is nothing for you here. They have been described as "comedy's new macabre shock jocks", but Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson insist they only want to entertain each other. The League of Gentlemen were first noticed at Edinburgh in 1996 and scooped the prestigious Perrier A...more

"Life is great. Sometimes, though, you just have to put up with a little more crap." --Michael J. Fox In September 1998, Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease -- a degenerative neurological condition. In fact, he had been secretly fighting it for seven years. The worldwide response was stag...more

Praise for Sue Townsend: "It's a good thing British subjects are no longer beheaded for treason, or Sue Townsend's head would roll for her outrageously cutting depictions of the powers that be."-Newsday "[Townsend] is a national treasure."-The New York Times Book Review "Breezy, hilarious."-New York Magazine "A sharp, entertaining social critiq...more