Nick McDonell

Roald Dahl meets Animal Farm in national bestselling author Nick McDonell’s The Council of Animals, a uniquely witty and waggish fable—with illustrations by Steven Tabbutt—in which a cat, a dog, a crow, a baboon, a horse, and a bear convene to decide on the fate of the few human survivors in a world ravaged by illness and climate change. First came the pandemic, then came The Calamity. The few remaining humans are huddled in impoverished villages. The animals, meanwhile, have convened a gathering, each group sending a representative to debate and vote on whether to help the last human stragglers . . . or to kill and eat them. As each animal makes its case, the fate of humanity depends on whether each species will act in its own self-interest, or if they will follow the lead of the kindly bear who believes that humans can be rehabilitated. The impending decision forces each animal to confront their past traumas at the hands of the humans while also putting them in the position to reign over the other subspecies—rodents and insects—if they so choose. The desire for power, deeply ingrained prejudices, and glimmers of righteousness guide the members of the council as they work to establish a new world order.

The Council of Animals

Sold to 14 publishers around the world and receiving tremendous critical acclaim, "Twelve" was one of the most significant literary debuts of the year. A chilling novel of urban adolescence that is "both an indictment of excess and a cry of teenage loneliness" ("People("), it has appeared on multiple bestseller lists.

Twelve

A Meditation on American Privilege

Quiet Street

White Mike raucht nicht, trinkt nicht und kifft nicht. Aber er ist ein erfolgreicher Drogendealer. Seine Kunden sind Highschool-Kids, die sich langweilen. Silvester soll die heisseste Party aller Zeiten steigen. Doch die Party gerät ausser Kontrolle: Im Zustand völligen Rausches schiesst jemand in die Menschenmenge und richtet ein Blutbad an.

Zwölf

The end of major combat operations

Hannes Pfeiffer

Nick McDonell's electrifying novel tells the story of a fictional drug called Twelve and its devastating effects on the beautiful rich and desperate poor of New York City.From page one, this novel pulsates towards its apocalyptic climax. Twelve is cool, cruel and utterly compulsive.

«Un puñetazo minimalista que radiografía sin moralina el no future de la generación post-11S de 2001. El hijo bastardo de Brett Easton Ellis y Douglas Coupland en noventa y siete polaroids y un epílogo que son como una glacial esquela mortuoria sobre los logros de la sociedad de la opulencia» (Juan Cervera, Rock de Lux) White Mike no fuma, no bebe, no se droga, lee a Camus y a Nietzsche, y ha terminado el instituto. Era un buen estudiante, pero ahora lleva seis meses sin hacer nada. Entretanto, se ha convertido en un camello sumamente eficaz y está ganando una pequeña fortuna. Allí estarán los jovencísimos Mark Rothko y Timmy, que aspiran a ser gángsters. Y la muy guapa Sara Ludlow, la chica más popular de su universidad, ocupada en organizar fiestas para ser famosa. Y su amiga Jessica, menos guapa que Sara y bastante más torturada, adicta al Twelve, la nueva droga de diseño. Y Claude, que ha sustituido la adicción a la cocaína por la afición a las armas, que almacena en su dormitorio... Cada tantos años, aparece un autor muy joven, casi adolescente, que da cuenta de la entrada a la vida de su generación. Sucedió hace unos años con Menos que cero, de Bret Easton Ellis, y sucede ahora con Twelve, de Nick McDonell.

New York Times Notable Book: “An exceptional, assured debut [that] captures the zeitgeist of confused adolescents and a sick culture post-Columbine.”—Hartford Courant A national bestseller that inspired a major motion picture, this chilling novel follows prep school dropout White Mike through the week between Christmas and New Year’s 1999, as he deals an alluring new drug to his privileged peers on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The kids of Twelve have it all; Chris and Claude and Hunter and Laura have the best, and most, of everything, but are constantly looking for something more exotic, and more dangerous. But Twelve is not a coming-of-age story, because these kids never had a childhood—their parents are off on holiday in Bali or business in Brussels, leaving hired help to look the other way as the kids stay home alone in their multimillion-dollar town houses, partying, surrounded by drugs and sex—and, in the end, much worse. “Renders Manhattan’s cosseted Upper East Side with both the casual authority of an insider and the wry distance of an observer…impressive.”—Jennifer Egan, The New York Times Book Review “Riveting in its no-holds-barred depiction of teenage nihilism.”—Jon Land, Providence Journal

Der Münchener Kruzifixus.

A young man goes from Ivy League to international intrigue: “A spy who could have easily walked off the pages of le Carré’s better works.”—Publishers Weekly Mike Teak has a classic Harvard profile. He’s a twenty-five-year-old scholar/athlete from an upper-class family who was recruited by his godfather to work for a U.S. intelligence agency. On a covert mission in a Somali village, he delivers cash and cell phones to Hatashil, a legendary orphan warrior turned rebel leader. It’s a routine assignment until, minutes after they meet, the village is decimated by a missile assault, and although Mike escapes, his life is changed forever. Echoing across continents, the assault disrupts professor Susan Lowell, who has just won a Pulitzer Prize for her book celebrating Hatashil. Also shaken is Lowell’s student, David Ayan, who was born in the targeted village, a world away from Harvard’s most exclusive final club, the Porcellian, which is courting him and Jane, the smart, risk-taking daughter of East Coast money who’s sleeping with him. David Ayan struggles with his identity and Susan Lowell struggles against rumors about her relationship with Hatashil, who has been accused of ordering the village massacre. But it is Mike Teak who faces the most dangerous struggle—because when he discovers a horrific conspiracy, he immediately realizes that he has become expendable, with nowhere to run and no one to trust. “It's clear this young writer has only begun to show where his prodigious storytelling will take us.” —People “Smart and sexy.” —The Washington Post “Tempered by some hilarious insider glimpses of Harvard life, An Expensive Education is terrific, a thriller noir that's difficult to put down or forget." —Entertainment Weekly (A-)

An Expensive Education

Mike is spending the summer working for a magazine in Hong Kong when Christopher Dorr, a brilliant journalist, goes missing in Thailand. Mike's editor decides to send him to Bangkok to report on the drug-tourism crackdown, but Mike's real mission is to find Dorr, who is also an old friend of his parents. This is the beginning of a vertiginous journey that propels Mike into fast and seedy nights in Thailand and back to New York, to a home wrecked by violence. The Third Brother moves with the speed of a bullet to portray a young man - and a family - shattered by lies and by excess.

The Third Brother

Etudiants paumés, consommateurs éperdus, sportifs sympas, victimes innocentes, bombes sexuelles... Voici les héros de cette tragédie urbaine en cinq actes. Ils gravitent autour d'une nouvelle drogue de synthèse, la " Douze ". Au centre, White Mike, étudiant modèle et jeune dealer. Tout commence le soir du 27 décembre...

Douze (NC)

»Dieser Debütroman erzählt eine Geschichte, die so schnell ist wie Speed und so erbarmungslos wie Acid.« The New York Times»Ein schnelles Buch. McDonell beschreibt hautnah und manchmal schockierend das Lebensgefühl der New-Yorker Nachwuchsschickeria.« Brigitte Young Miss White Mike ist clean. Er raucht nicht, er trinkt nicht, er kifft nicht. Aber er ist ein erfolgreicher Drogendealer. White Mike war gut in der Schule, auch wenn die Schulzeit seit sechs Monaten vorbei ist. Und obwohl sich manche Leute fragen, was er eigentlich die ganze Zeit treibt, kümmert es keinen, dass sich White Mike ein Jahr Auszeit nimmt, bevor er dann aufs College geht. Vielleicht aber auch nicht. White Mikes Kunden sind Highschool-Schüler, die in den Schulferien gegen die Langeweile kämpfen und dabei viel Geld ausgeben. Während ihre erfolgreichen Eltern im Urlaub oder auf Geschäftsreisen sind, feiern sie in deren New Yorker Villen und Luxusapartments Sex- und Drogenpartys. Es ist kurz nach Weihnachten, und Silvester soll die größte Party aller Zeiten stattfinden ... Der Roman Zwölf, den Nick McDonell im Alter von siebzehn Jahren schrieb, wurde weltweit als literarische Sensation gefeiert und stand monatelang auf den amerikanischen Bestsellerlisten.

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