Robert Glancy Boeken

The funny, disturbing and deeply affecting new book by the acclaimed author of Terms & ConditionsCharlie, a curious boy with a dangerous dictaphone habit, eavesdrops on the eccentric guests of the Mirage Hotel, as the African nation of Bwalo prepares for the annual appearance of its Glorious Leader Tafumo. Sean, an Irishman who's given his heart (and the best part of his liver) to Bwalo, struggles to write the great African novel - if only his crazed fiancée and fierce thirst would stop distracting him.Josef, mythmaker and kingmaker, who paved the way for Tafumo's rise to power, starts to hear the ominous rattle of skeletons in his closet. Hope, the nurse caring for the King, keeps the old man alive, maintaining the façade of the powerful ruler, as she mourns her own broken dreams.And in the countdown to the Big Day, storm clouds are gathering as petty criminal, Jack, smuggles something into Bwalo - to the Mirage Hotel - that will change the lives of all of them for ever...

Frank has been in a car accident*. The doctor tells him he lost his spleen, but Frank believes he has lost more. He is missing memories - of the people around him, of the history they share and of how he came to be in the crash. All he remembers is that he is a lawyer who specialises in small print. But when Oscar, his brother, takes the family company into business with an inventively cruel corporation** and Alice, his wife, starts to seem oddly unlike the woman he remembers, Frank's world starts to unspool and the terms and conditions that he has lived his life by*** begin to change. *apparently quite a serious one **we can't tell you what it's called for legal reasons, but believe us, it's evil ***and which are rarely in his favour

Original, very funny and very poignant. Read it! Paul Torday, author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen on Terms & Conditions

»Fußnoten waren noch nie so süchtig machend.« Matt Haig, Autor von „Ich und die Menschen“ Robert Glancys Debütroman „Die AGB meines Lebens“ ist ein satirischer Blick auf die Absurditäten unserer modernen Gesellschaft. Wie steht es um Ihre persönlichen Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen des Lebens? Frank hatte einen Autounfall.* Der Arzt verkündet ihm, dass er seine Milz verloren hat, doch nicht nur die fehlt. Frank vermisst seine Erinnerung – über sich, seine Familie und auch über die Geschehnisse, die zu seinem Unfall führten. Das Einzige, an das er sich noch erinnern kann, ist, dass er Vertragsanwalt ist, der auf Fußnoten spezialisiert ist – AGB**. Doch auf der Suche nach seinem alten Ich muss der Mann fürs Kleingedruckte erkennen, dass die AGB seines eigenen Lebens so ganz und gar nicht zu seinen Gunsten zu sein scheinen …*** _____________________ * Scheinbar einen sehr ernsten. ** Also all die süßen, kleingedruckten Wörter, die nie jemand liest. *** Es aber nie zu spät ist, sie umzuschreiben.