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She's a lamb! A Novel [electronic resource] : by Hambrock, Meredith.aut; CloudLibrary;
A darkly comic suspense in the vein of All’s Well and Yellowface, She’s a Lamb! is an edgy and incisive novel that marches toward showtime with a growing unease about the dangers of magical thinking and the depths of delusion Jessamyn St. Germain is meant to be a star. Not an actor who occasionally books yogurt commercials and certainly not a lowly usher at one of Vancouver’s smallest regional theaters. No, she is bound for greatness, and that’s why the part of Maria in the theater’s upcoming production of The Sound of Music is hers. Or it’s going to be. Jessamyn may have been relegated to the position of childminder for the little brats playing the von Trapp children, but it’s so obvious she’s there for a different reason — the director wants her close to the role so when Samantha, the lead, inevitably fails, Jessamyn will be there to take her place in the spotlight. This must be it. Because if it isn’t, well, then every skipped meal, every brutal rehearsal, every inch won against a man attempting to drag her down will have all been for nothing. Sharp, relentless, and darkly funny, She’s a Lamb! is a cutting satire about the grotesque pall patriarchy casts over one woman’s delusional quest to achieve her dreams and the depths she will sink to for a chance at the life she’s convinced she deserves.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Thrillers; Black Humor; Contemporary Women; Satire;
© 2025., ECW Press,
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She's A Killer [electronic resource] : by McDougall, Kirsten.aut; cloudLibrary;
'Satire at its best' ELEANOR CATTON 'Outrageous, comic, disturbingly timely' THE GUARDIAN Bold, darkly funny and brilliantly bizarre, She’s a Killer is the story of what happens when a stubborn slacker is forced to confront a very weird world. Thirty-something Alice has an IQ of 159 (almost a genius) and lives at home with her mother, with whom she communicates only by Morse code.  Meanwhile, the climate is in crisis. Wealthy immigrants are flocking to New Zealand for shelter, stealing land, driving up food prices and taking over.  When Alice meets attractive wealthugee Pablo, she thinks she has found a way out of her dull existence. But then in walks his teenage daughter, Erika, an actual genius with impeccable eye makeup, and Alice finds herself drawn into action of the most radical – and dangerous – kind. Just what is a slacker to do?General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Black Humor; Contemporary Women; Satire; Science Fiction; Dystopian;
© 2023., Gallic Books,
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Seesaw Monster A Novel [electronic resource] : by Isaka, Kotaro.aut; CloudLibrary;
From the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, two inventive espionage tales in one   “Isaka’s style is tense, laden with dark humor expressed with a flat affect—just the right tone for a book that walks the fine line between comedy and violence.” —New York Times Book Review on Hotel Lucky Seven   Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. It’s not just a case of them rubbing each other the wrong way—there is definitely something suspicious going on. But Miyako isn’t exactly what she seems either. Her husband has no idea about her past life as a secret agent. When she decides to use her professional skills to investigate her mother-in-law, the delicate equilibrium of their lives is thrown wildly out of balance. Many decades after the events of Seesaw Monster, in a future world dominated by surveillance, facial-recognition software, and AI, the most sensitive information lives only on paper, and confidential messages must be delivered by trusted couriers like Mito. But one delivery pulls Mito into a conspiracy beyond his wildest imagination and forces him into a race against time to defeat a world-changing technological threat.   Mixing mythology, family drama, corruption, and espionage, these gripping novellas from the international bestselling author of Bullet Train explore the idea of progress, the power of close relationships, and the nature of conflict with deadly stakes.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Espionage; Black Humor; Action & Adventure; Suspense; Crime;
© 2025., The Overlook Press,
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Emily the strange. by Reger, Rob.; Brooks, Brian.; Gruner, Jessica.; Comic Debris.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Black humor; Children's stories, American.; Emily the Strange (Fictitious character); Graphic novels.;
© 2005., Cosmic Debris/Dark Horse Comics,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fifty shades of Black / by Black, Arthur,author.;
Subjects: Canadian wit and humor (English);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Severance / by Ma, Ling,1983-author.;
Subjects: Satirical literature.; Black humor.; Epidemics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Catch-22 / by Heller, Joseph.;
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Subjects: War stories.; Black humor (Literature); Classics; Literary; Bombardiers; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2011, c1989., Simon & Schuster,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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America fantastica : a novel / by O'Brien, Tim,1946-author.;
On a quest to settle a score with the man who destroyed his life, Boyd Halverson robs a bank and takes a hostage.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Black humor.; Satirical literature.; Novels.; Bank robberies; Hostages; Man-woman relationships; Revenge;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hurricane girl / by Dermansky, Marcy,1969-author.;
"The story of a woman on the run from catastrophe, searching for love, home, healing, a swimming pool, and perhaps someone who can stop the bleeding from her head"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Black humor.; Psychological ficition.; Novels.; Psychic trauma; Women; Wounds and injuries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Help wanted : a novel / by Waldman, Adelle,author.;
A group of misfit, big-box store employees working the overnight shift in a small upstate New York town vie for the stability, salary and possibility of a new job when their store manager announces he is leaving.
Subjects: Black humor.; Satirical literature.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; Retail trade; Retail trade;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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