John O'Farrell Bücher

Schreiende Kinder und eine Frau, deren Leidenschaft sich auf Kuschel- abende beschränkt - das ist nichts für einen echten Kerl. Und für Michael schon gar nicht, der sich darum ein fröhliches Zweitleben in einer Männer-WG zulegt. Als das auffliegt - und seine Frau ihn mitsamt der Kinder verlässt -, erkennt der Macho, was wirklich das Beste im Leben eines Mannes ist: die Familie, die er liebt. Aber um die zurückzubekommen, muss Michael Himmel und Hölle (und noch ein bisschen mehr) in Bewegung setzen!

Jimmy wollte immer nur eins: berühmt werden! Und das wird er auch - weil er im Park an einem bekannten Comedy-Star vorbeiläuft. Dieser verschwindet danach spurlos, und dank allerlei Zufälle gilt Jimmy plötzlich als sein Freund - und unentdecktes Showtalent. Dies führt zu einem großen Auftritt in der Royal Albert Hall. Einziges Problem: Jimmy hat nur ein Talent - nämlich immer genau das Falsche zu tun. Das Schicksal nimmt seinen Lauf ... »Hervorragend!« Sunday Times

Kann man sich zweimal in seine eigene Frau verlieben? Ehemänner vergessen so einiges: die Sachen aus der Reinigung zu holen, den Hochzeitstag oder dass ihre Frau einen dringenden Termin hat. Aber Jack Vaughan hat sogar vergessen, dass er verheiratet ist. Irgendetwas hat seine Erinnerungen komplett gelöscht – sein Name, sein Beruf, seine komplette Vergangenheit: alles verschwunden. Als er in diesem Zustand der hinreißenden Madeleine begegnet, verliebt er sich Hals über Kopf. Dumm nur, dass es sich bei ihr um seine eigene Frau handelt und dass die beiden vor dem Scheidungsrichter stehen. Jack muss alles daransetzen, seine Vergangenheit zurückzuerobern – vor allem aber seine große Liebe …

Examines how England's peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne. This title explores the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain's kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel. It is a journey through Britain' bizarre history.

"Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no-one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late. Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round. She was smiling and telling the British people to f*** off at the same time. It was something we would have to get used to.' Things Can Only Get Better is the personal account of a Labour supporter who survived eighteen miserable years of Conservative government. It is the heartbreaking and hilarious confessions of someone who has been actively involved in helping the Labour party lose elections at every level- school candidate- door-to-door canvasser- working for a Labour MP in the House of Commons; standing as a council candidate; and eventually writing jokes for a shadow cabinet minister. Along the way he slowly came to realise that Michael Foot would never be Prime Minister, that vegetable quiche was not as tasty as chicken tikki masala and that the nuclear arms race was never going to be stopped by face painting alone."

Re-live the glory and the heartache of England's greatest ever game - and THAT World Cup Final back in 2022. Well now itâe(tm)s 2022 and the discussion is finally over, England have eleven players as good as any of them. The unbeatable national team have reached the final of the Qatar World Cup. But one journalist is convinced there is a scandalous secret behind Englandâe(tm)s incredible form. His lifetimeâe(tm)s dream is to see the Three Lions win the World Cup. But if he pursues and exposes the shocking truth, his beloved England could be sent home in disgrace. Suddenly this is much more than England vs Germany; itâe(tm)s Love vs Duty, itâe(tm)s Truth vs Happiness. The pressure of the penalty shoot-out is nothing compared to this. Thereâe(tm)s Only Two David Beckhams is John Oâe(tm)Farrellâe(tm)s love-letter to football; part-detective story, part-sports memoir, part-satire on the whole corrupt FIFA circus; it just made the final for the funniest football fiction ever written...

Controlling maternal obsession. Alice feels panic stricken at the terrors of the modern world. She worries too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental maths. She frets that there are too many cars on the road to let them out of the 4x4. Finally she resolves to take control and tackle her biggest worry of all, her daughter is not going to fail that secondary school entrance exam because Alice has decided to take the test in her child's place....

'This week the first pet passports came into effect. Around the country dogs have been hopping into photo booths and trying to look as relaxed as possible, which is not easy when you know you're not allowed on the chair.'Gathered here are the best of John O'Farrell's newspaper columns for the Guardian and the Independent which saw him win the coveted Best Columnist of the Year Award at the prestigious British Liars Awards. Among many other things, he claims that the only conviction in the Tory Party will be when Jeffrey Archer gets sent to prison; that scientists have created a genetically superior monkey which will advertise lapsang souchong instead of PG Tips; and that with the election of George W. Bush, the global village has finally got its own global village idiot.

A Tube train is trapped underground due to an economic collapse above. It explores how this situation arose and how the passengers will escape, potentially breaking the unspoken rules of Underground etiquette by communicating with one another.