“The trouble today is that we don’t torture women enough.”—Alfred HitchcockIt is remarkable how infrequently, over a period of more than fifty years, Alfred Hitchcock spoke about the beautiful, legendary and talented actresses he directed. And when he did, his remarks were mostly indifferent and often hostile. But his leading ladies greatly...more
Esta e sun anovela dentro de otra. Por un aparte, la llegada del diablo a Moscu y le repercusion que eso tiene en la vida de Margarita y su amante el Maestro, y por otra, la admirable novela escrita por el Maestro sobre Poncio Pilato y Jesucristo.
Here, in his first collection since his three hilarious classics Getting Even, Without Feathers, and Side Effects, Woody Allen has managed to write a book that not only answers the most profound questions of human existence but is also the perfect size to place under any short table leg to prevent wobbling.In hysterical flights of inspirational san...more
Trapped in the bureaucratic morass of JPod, on the fringes of a huge Vancouver video-game-design company, Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers wage a daily war with the demands of the company's idiotic marketing department, while Ethan's own life is molded by Hollywood, marijuana operations, people smuggling, ballroom dancing, and China.
It has been said often enough that baby boomers are a television generation, but High Fidelity reminds that in a way they are the record-album generation as well. This hilarious novel is obsessed with music; Hornby's narrator is an early thirtysomething bloke who runs a London record store. He sells albums recorded the old-fashioned way--on vinyl--...more
El inolvidable protagonista de El misterio de la cripta embrujada sale del manicomio y empieza una nueva vida como peluquero en el renovado barrio barcelones del Raval. Sin embargo, y muy a su pesar, se vera envuelto en un caso de asesinato y debera convertirse en improvisado detective para o ser acusado del mismo. Sus nuevas aventuras le llevaran ...more