Jonathan Ames Bücher

Sexualität, Witz, großes Erzähltalent und überraschend zarte Eleganz - ein betörender moderner Bildungsroman! Louis Ives ist elegant gekleidet, romantisch veranlagt, eine Figur wie bei Fitzgerald. Allerdings hat er eine Vorliebe für Frauenkleider. Und als er eines Tages mit dem Büstenhalter einer Kollegin erwischt wird, verliert er seine Stelle als Lehrer.§Henry Harrison ist ehemaliger Schauspieler, brillanter, aber erfolgloser Dramatiker und in die Jahre gekommener Gigolo.§Die zufällig zustandegekommene Wohngemeinschaft dieser zwei Gentlemen, die beide etwas zu altmodisch für ihre Zeit sind, entwickelt sich zu einer wunderbaren Freundschaft, die an Harold und Maude erinnert. Henry und Louis führen einen ungeheuer liebenswürdigen Überlebenskampf im Moloch New York, und Ames hat mit seinen zwei Helden ein großartiges Buch über Freundschaft, das Abenteuer von Sexualität und die große Stadt am Hudson River geschrieben.

Perhaps all of Jonathan Ames’ problems–and the genesis of this hilarious book–can be traced back to the late onset of his puberty. After all it can’t be easy to be sixteen with a hairless “undistinguishable from that of a five year old’s.”This wonderfully entertaining memoir is a touching and humorous look at life in New York City. But this is life for an author who can proclaim “my first sexual experience was rather it was with a prostitute”–an author who can talk about his desire to be a model for the Hair Club for Men and about meeting his son for the first time.Often insightful, sometimes tender, always witty and self-deprecating, What’s Not to Love? is an engaging memoir from one of our most funny, most daring writers.

A supremely hardboiled thriller adapted for a major Hollywood film starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Lynne Ramsay.

Soon to be a major film starring Joaquin Phoenix, directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

In the proud tradition of drunken writers everywhere . . . comes the tale of Jonathan A., a boozed-up, coked-out, sexually confused, hopelessly romantic-and of course, entirely fictional-novelist who bears only a coincidental resemblance to real-life author Jonathan Ames, critically acclaimed author of Wake Up, Sir!, The Extra Man, and What's Not to Love as well as HBO's Bored to Death and Starz's Blunt Talk Featuring gritty, yet poignant artwork by Dean Haspiel (The Quitter), The Alcoholic marks Ames' hilarious yet heartbreaking graphic novel debut. This tenth anniversary edition hardcover also features a new afterword by Jonathan Ames as well as a special behind-the-scenes artist section!

Now a major motion picture starring Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here is a gritty, harrowing story of corruption and one man's violent quest for vengeance. Joe has witnessed things that cannot be erased. A former FBI agent and Marine, his abusive childhood has left him damaged beyond repair. He has completely withdrawn from the world and earns his living rescuing girls who have been kidnapped into the sex trade. When he's hired to save the daughter of a corrupt New York senator held captive at a Manhattan brothel, he stumbles into a dangerous web of conspiracy, and he pays the price. As Joe's small web of associates are picked off one by one, he realizes that he has no choice but to take the fight to the men who want him dead. Brutal and redemptive in equal measure, You Were Never Really Here is a toxic shot of a thriller, laced with corruption, revenge and the darkest of inner demons.

Exploring deep emotional connections, this collection reveals the beauty in life's complexities, showcasing love for family and strangers alike. The author delves into themes of loneliness and pain, uncovering sweetness and humor in unexpected places. Through tender reflections, the work invites readers to appreciate the profound intricacies of human experience.

An offbeat, blackly comic thriller from the author of You Were Never Really Here.