Ben Elton Bücher

Dieser Roman "ist mit Abstand der witzigste, pointenreichste Krimi, den ich in diesem Jahr gelesen habe", versichert ein begeisterter Tobias Gohlis. Dabei gehöre Ben Eltons Krimi "Tödlicher Ruhm" zu den Rätselkrimis, den Whodunnits, die heutzutage eigentlich etwas altbacken wirkten. Aber dieser Roman ist ganz auf der Höhe der Zeit, erklärt Gohlis und fasst kurz die Handlung zusammen: Es geht um den Mord in einem verschlossenen Raum. Der steht in einem Fernsehstudio und ist der Set für die Serie "Hausarrest": Zehn eingeschlossene Kandidaten wetteifern um die Publikumsgunst, bis der Publikumsliebling Kelly mit einem Messer im Kopf auf dem Klo des Hausarrest-Sets gefunden wird. Auftritt des Kommissars Coleridge, den Gohlis offenbar sofort ins Herz geschlossen hat. Er ist ein Mann von "geradezu antiker Wohlanständigkeit", erklärt Gohlis, zugleich jedoch auch ein engagierter Laienschauspieler, der den Mord a la Hercule Poirot löst - vor laufenden Fernsehkameras, denn selbstverständlich geht die Serie trotz des Mordes weiter. Eltons "scharfsichtige Parodie des Medienbetriebs ersetzt zehn superschlaue kulturkritische Feuilletons über das Big Brother-Phänomen", versichert ein hingerissener Tobias Gohlis.

Der Regisseur Bruce Delamitri hat gerade den Oscar für seinen Film Ordinary Americans bekommen - eine Mischung auch Natural Born Killer und Pulp Fiction, als zwei der sogenannten normalen Amerikaner ein kleines Stelldichein mit einem Playboy-Centerfold unterbrechen. Es sind Wayne und Scout, auch bekannt als die Einkaufszentren-Killer, die seit Monaten Amerika mit einer Blutspur überziehen und denen die Medien nachsagen, sie wären von Bruce Arbeit inspiriert. Nun stehen sich Gewaltverherrlicher und Gewalttäter Auge in Auge gegenüber und beginnen um die Seele des Publikums zu schachern, wenn sie die Frage stellen: "Wer hat Schuld."

The complete Blackadder scripts by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson and John Lloyd. Twenty-six years ago, Edmund Blackadder made his first appearance on our screens. Comedy has never been the same since (nor indeed has history). Gathered here - in this twenty-sixth anniversary commemorative edition - are the complete scripts of Blackadder's adventures and, mostly, misadventures. Blackadder, Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth. Every word, every lie, every cunning plan and cock-up. From medieval nastiness, through Elizabethan and Regency glory, to the mud and sautéed rats of the First World War, Blackadder and his oafish underling Baldrick can be most definitely blamed for ruining England's reputation as a country with a great history. This historical record has been set down by Mr Richard Curtis, Mr Ben Elton, Mr Rowan Atkinson and Mr John Lloyd. Richard Curtis is the writer/director behind Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually and The Boat That Rocked) and Ben Elton is the bestselling author and writer of The Young Ones, The Man From Auntie and The Thin Blue Line. The character of Blackadder was played by Rowan Atkinson, who is the star of the Mr Bean TV series and films, and Johnny English. The four Blackadder series, produced by John Lloyd, won numerous BAFTAs and also an EMMY.

Berlin 1920 Two babies are born. Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood. As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice....Which one of them will survive? Ben Elton's most personal novel to date,Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour.

From Ben Elton, author of the hugely successful Past Mortem, a gut-wrenching historical drama which forces us to handle the truth. Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while he was recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, is charged with his murder. Douglas Konig is a conscientious objector, previously a detective with the London police, now imprisoned for his beliefs. He is released and sent to France in order to secure a conviction in the case. Forced to conduct his investigations amid the hell of the third Battle of Ypres, Konig soon discovers that both the evidence and the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him. Ben Elton’s tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama that explores some fundamental questions. What is murder? What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter? And where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle? As the gap between legally sanctioned and illegal murder becomes ever more blurred, Konig quickly learns that the first casualty of war is Truth.

HIGH SOCIETY is a story or rather a collection of interconnected stories that takes the reader on a hilarious, heart breaking and terrifying journey through the kaleidoscope world that the law has created and from which the law offers no protection.

Small, well appointed future. Semi detached. If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it's only sensible to make alternative arrangements. Certainly the Earth has its points, but what most people need is something smaller and more manageable. Of course there are those who say that's planetary treason, but who cares what the weirdos and terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that there's somebody left to see it.

With old friends like these, who needs enemies? It's a question mild mannered detective Edward Newson is forced to ask himself when, in romantic desperation, he logs on to the Friends Reunited website in search of the girlfriends of his youth. Newson is not the only member of the Class of take back '88 who has been raking over the ashes of the past. As his old class begins to reassemble in cyberspace, the years slip away and old feuds and passions burn hot once more. Meanwhile, back in the present, Newson's life is no less complicated. He is secretly in love with Natasha, his lovely but very attached sergeant, and failing comprehensively to solve a series of baffling and peculiarly gruesome murders. A school reunion is planned and as history begins to repeat itself, the past crashes headlong into the present. Neither will ever be the same again. In Past Mortem, Ben Elton - previous winner of The Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Popcorn - delivers both a heart-stopping thriller and a killer comic romance.