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School is over for Alex Delaney and he's waiting for his university offer while bodysurfing to pass the time. So he's not ready for a girl who cuts past him on a wave, balancing perfectly on the board. For Alex, summer is about to change.

Jon Marshall leads a pretty normal life. He's a partner in his own practice, owns a nice house in a nice suburb and cruises town in a Beemer. But things are about to change. Big time. It all kicks off when he falls prey to the vicissitudes of email dating and is forced to bear the brunt of the tantrums of a grumpy (and increasingly aggressive) Window Weasel, sent to him in a moment of madness by his friend and colleague, George. Events are complicated further by a new 'running buddy', a mad woman with eighties hair and a very accident-prone cat, all of whom conspire to make Jon's world spiral ever so slightly out of control . . . Fortunately, the responsibility of being the lone parent to an adorable baby girl, nicknamed the Bean, brings him back to relative sanity, for it's the Bean who shows him life's endless possibilities. Praise for Nick Earls: 'Earls does blokey emotional turmoil brilliantly. Very nearly perfect' Mirror 'A funny and moving story' Daily Express 'A really funny book that is also very touching' - Shine'Funny and touching' Hello!

Phil and Frank are best mates and med students who work at Ron Todd's World of Chickens as a part-time package deal. Phil's out the front on shifts in the chicken suit, Frank's up back frying burgers. They are the A team, and the World is a sanctuary from the pressures of home and uni and a place to scheme about girls. Some day Frank hopes to be a surgeon. Phil's secret dream is to be a film-maker. But big dreams seem a long way off from the inside of a chicken suit. Life at the World gets sticky when Phil falls big time for Ron's daughter, Frank has it bad for Ron's wife, and business is down. Suddenly Phil finds he is the reluctant oracle on dental health, strategic planning and marriage guidance... <i>World of Chickens</i> is a funny and moving novel about friendship, families and chasing your dreams.

Richard Derrington's doing it tough. Since Anna trashed him his job seems pointles, Tuesday seems moderately fucked by ten, his tennis appalling.....long periods of complete crap, punctuated by flashes of very random glory and the future bleka. This is a hiatus? There I was thinking I was sinking and it's just a hiatus. Apart from his friens, the only thing keeping Richard going is his wicked sense of humour. Then things look up.

Humorous novel about a man's search for meaning in life. Misjudgements, misinformation and misguided intimacies make chaos of his life and that of his friends. His other publications include 'Zigzag Street' and 'Passion'.