Bøker av William Kotzwinkle

Warning: This book may cause flatulence. Walter is a fine dog, except for one small problem: he has gas. He can''t help it; it''s just the way he is. Fortunately, the kids Billy and Betty love him regardless, but Father says he''s got to go! Poor Walter, he''s going to the dog pound tomorrow. And then, in the night, burglars strike. Walter has his chance to be a hero. A children''s beloved classic, this story will have kids rolling on the floor with laughter. Adults are permitted to laugh too.

From the award-winning legend of speculative fiction, ';a witty sendup of the detective story' with ';a richness of invention that doffs a hat to Dickens' (Chicago Tribune). At a fashionable salon, Parisians line up to have their fortunes told by Ric Lazare's amazing machine. The predictions arrive with unerring accuracy, as if the invention were imbued with some sort of wondrous sorcery. The police, however, have a different opinion. They suspect that Lazare is a con man. Accordingly, they've sent one of their own to investigate. Unfortunately, the man they send is Paul Picard. His methods are unconventional. His appetitesfor lemon tarts, and for prostitutesare legendary. And he is no stranger to the dark side of Paris. But Inspector Picard is entirely unprepared for the string of murders that pulls him across the continent. As the killer's seductive knot tightens around him, he learns once and for all that there's more to the glimmering world of high society than first appears. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for his novel Doctor Rat, William Kotzwinkle reaffirms his reputation as one of the most captivating and original American authors of the last half-century with this ';elegant entertainment' of magic and mystery in Paris (The Washington Post). ';Gaudy, decadent, smoothly polished, this beguiling novel is ... a feat of stage magic, well rehearsed and well performed by a fine craftsman.' The New Yorker ';Alternately dark and glittering ... a first-rate vaudeville turn.' Chicago Tribune ';Pure magic.' Playboy

In this ';psychological mind bender,' a Kafkaesque crisis of identity transports a famous actor from 1980s Hollywood to Nazi Germany (The Washington Post). At forty-five, Hollywood film star David Caspian should be basking in his success. Instead, his career is souring as he stresses over the next generation of actors eager to replace him. Losing himself in waking fantasies, David slips through a crack in time, awakening in the back alleys of Hitler's Berlin. He is no longer David Caspian. He has become Felix, a ruthless black marketeer. With the Gestapo closing in on him, David races against timeand spaceas he fights to take control of Felix before Felix takes control of him. Witty, macabre, and utterly thrilling, The Exile is a mesmerizing novel that will leave readers wondering where reality ends and fiction begins. People wrote that when William Kotzwinkle ';is the author, readers can be sure only that the book in question will be different from everything else.' But even among the award-winning author's work, this bracing satire stands out for the sweep of its vision, full of ';comedy, despair, horror and technical storytelling delight' (The New York Times Book Review). ';The book becomes glued to the reader's hands as the devastating climactic scenes pile one on another. ... Powerful writing.' The Washington Post Book World