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More Noble Than War is the vibrant and often shocking history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict told through football.

David and Tony are old friends who go back a long way. And like old friends they help each other out when the circumstances require it - the odd shifting of four tons of marijuana across a war-torn zone here, and the dodging of the FBI's "most wanted" list there. Tony was even best man at David's wedding, though the nuptials didn't exactly go to plan on account of encroaching police prescence forcing David to do a flit half way down the aisle... Now, fifteen years later, David's flying to the Holy land to help Tony out with a property deal. All he has to do is sign on the dotted line and act as the legitimate middle man in a highly unlegitimate transaction. Then he can enjoy a holiday with unlimited spending cash. But following a case of mistaken identity, some Russian drug czars, the interests of the Israeli Secret Service, a Lite FM DJ, some chicken farmers, some hit men, and a very persuasive singing nun, he finds himself embroiled in a caper that is going to turn out to be anything but a holiday.

'All Hail, the New Puritans' is the collection of new stories from the most exciting young novelists today. Inspired by the Dogme 95 group of film makers, the New Puritans are attempting to rediscover fiction as a discipline rather than a category. 1. Primarily storytellers, we are dedicated to the narrative form. 2. We are prose writers and recognise that prose is the dominant form of expression. For this reason we shun poetry and poetic licence in all its forms. 3. While acknowledging the value of genre fiction, whether classical or modern, we will always move towards new openings, rupturing existing genre expectations. 4. We believe in textual simplicity and vow to avoid all devices of rhetoric, authorial asides. 5. In the name of clarity, we recognise the importance of temporal linearity and eschew flashbacks, dual temporal narratives and foreshadowing. 6. We believe in grammatical purity and avoid any elaborate punctuation. 7. We recognise that published works are also historical documents. As fragments of our time, all our texts are dated and set in the present day. All products, places, artists and objects named are real. 8. As faithful representation of the present, our texts will avoid all improbable or unknowable speculations on the past or the future. 9. We are moralists, so all text feature a recognisable ethical reality. 10. Nevertheless, our aim is integrity of expression, above and beyond any commitment to form.

Ein Wahnsinnsmix aus Tarantino-Gewalt und Almodovar-Manieriertheit zusammengerührt vom coolsten neuen Namen unter den britischen Krimiautoren: Nicholas Blincoe. In Soho wird ein neues Restaurant eröffnet. Inhaberin ist Susan Ball. Geschafft hat sie es mit Geld, das sie ihrem Mann Frank, dem »Ballistiker«, geklaut hat natürlich ein Gangster. Ihr Küchenchef ist Hogie der Fernsehkoch. Leider ist er nebenbei total pervers. Cheb ist der Maître d', kommt gerade zurück aus Goa, und nur er selbst glaubt, seine Gehirnzellen seien noch nicht alle von Drogen fritiert. Auf der Karte steht Götterspeise aber das ist eine andere Geschichte.

Estella, früher Paul, kehrt nach Kolumbien zurück und soll ihren ehemaligen Chef in Manchester umbringen. Als ungeschickte Auftragskillerin lässt sie sich jedoch ihre Waffe stehlen und gerät zwischen die Fronten von Drogenkriminalität und dem chaotischen Nachtleben der Clubszene. Ein überdrehter Thriller.

An anthology of end-of-the-millennium fiction, capturing the atmosphere of the times from millennium madness to apocalypse culture. Writers such as Jeff Noon, Douglas Coupland, Nicholas Blincoe, Kathy Acker and Poppy Z. Brite have contributed exclusive stories.