Once Departed
Автор: Mack Reynolds
Год издания: 0000
The year is 1969. An American expat writer living in Spain encounters a beautiful woman with more on her mind than romance. Her mad schemes involve the resurrection of the Third Reich, Adolph Hitler, and zombies! This classic sci-fi suspense tale originally appeared in 1970, by the writer votes most popular by the readers of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine.
The Dearly Departed
Автор: Elinor Lipman
Год издания:
An unexpectedly joyful comedy of manners that encompasses amateur dramatics, drive-by shootings, political campaigns and golf.When Sunny Batten hears from a brusque, ill-mannered stranger that her beloved mother Margaret has just died in a freak household accident, understandably she thinks that things can't get any worse. But when she discovers that her cranky informant is the son of the man who died alongside Margaret, and that the pair, unbeknownst to their offspring, were engaged to be married, matters take a distinct downward turn.As even-tempered, reasonable Sunny and arrogant, wise-cracking Fletcher take their positions at the funeral, the eyes and ears of the sleepy New Hampshire town of King George are fixed upon them. What excites the graveside gossips more than anything is the mourners' identical, prematurely grey hair. Mere coincidence, or the inescapable workings of shared DNA?With its vivid evocation of small-town life and a cast of unwittingly hilarious characters, ‘The Dearly Departed’ will prompt as many belly laughs as it will tears – and leave you hoping for more despatches from King George long after you’ve turned its final page.