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Brought to you by Penguin. **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World** Moraes 'Moor' Zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from Cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As we travel with him on a route that...

Constable Nick has come to know and love the host of characters who live and work on the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors. The amiable constable handles every encounter with his characteristic humour and professionalism, whether he's investigating a plot to scare away a troublesome suitor or helping a neighbour return his late wife's ashes to her beloved moors. Not to mention the insurance agent with a rather unusual policy on Edgar Dawson’s dog, Arthur. It covers him for stealing clothes from washing lines and getting lady dogs pregnant!

Ian Moore is a stand-up comedian in the UK and a husband, father of three boys, farmhand and chutney-maker in France. He is a mod in both walks of life and most of his time is spent travelling grumpily between the two. Comedian, mod and professional grump Ian Moore has had enough. Tired of being unable to park anywhere near his cramped house in a noisy town he doesn’t like, he hatches a plan to move his wife and young son to a remote corner of the Loire Valley in search of serenity and space.

Kein Literaturkritiker war mehr gefürchtet als Marcel Reich-Ranicki, keiner mehr gehasst, aber auch keiner mehr respektiert. Seine Worte konnten Karrieren aufbauen oder zerstören. Als FAZ-Literaturchef und in der Fernsehsendung "Das literarische Quartett" war er stets streitbar und in seinem Urteil unnachgiebig. Dabei zählte für ihn nur die Literatur selbst. Die vorliegende O-Ton-Collage zeigt den ganzen Reich-Ranicki: die wichtigsten Stationen seines Lebens, seine berühmtesten Verrisse, seine bekanntesten Streitfälle und seine medienwirksamsten Ausbrüche. Totkomisch und ganz und gar nicht missraten!