THE WACKNESS A BOOK BY DALE C. PHILLIPS BASED ON THE SCREENPLAY BY JONATHAN LEVINE Paperback edition out August 1st 2008. From $10.17 in all good bookshops.     NYC. Summer 1994. The Girls were fly. The music was dope. Set in New York in the sweltering summer of 1994, The Wackness tells the story of Luke, a troubled teenage dope dealer who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. However, things get more complicated when Luke falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter ... Set against the backdrop of the greatest year in hip hop history, this is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music - and what it takes to be man. www.thewackness.co.uk Click here to buy     GORILLA GUERRILLA A NOVEL BY NICK TAUSSIG Hardcover Edition out August 1st 2008. From $19.86 in all good bookshops.     In an African country, while a civil war rages, Kibwe and Zuberi meet. Both are twelve years old, both are orphans; Kibwe’s parents killed in the name of war and Zuberi’s in the name of trade. Kibwe is a boy and Zuberi a gorilla. They are on the run: Kibwe, from the horrors he has committed as a child soldier, and Zuberi, from the violent hand of man. The former is desperate to reclaim his humanity; the latter, determined to have a family once more. Can they help one another get back what each of them has lost? In this, his third novel, Nick Taussig constructs two parallel yet contrasting storylines - one with a young boy soldier as narrator and the other a gorilla, a young silverback - in order to explore the best and worst of human nature in the light of our ape inheritance. These two strands gradually come together to produce a gripping, moving and provocative book. His most ambitious novel to date, this work has a timelss and apocalyptic feel. www.nicktaussig.com Click here to buy     TAKING LIBERTIES THE BOOK OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FILM OF THE DECADE Paperback Edition out now. From $10.72 in all good bookshops.     A wake-up call for a sleepwalking nation, Taking Liberties is a gripping exploration of New Labour’s Orwellian legacy. In anticipation of Tony Blair’s stand down this summer Taking Liberties examines the government’s systematic erosion of our civil liberties since 1997 through sometimes shocking, always true, real life stories. Taking Liberties takes the reader on a journey from the initial euphoria of New Labour’s victory over the Tories to the New Labour of today with its bloodied hands and soiled reputation. Dealing with the spectres of torture, detention without trial, rendition and the gradual erosion of our democratic rights, Taking Liberties examines Blair’s legacy through the magnifying glass of particular events including September 11th and the more every day, but no less pervasive, ASBO. The book includes expert contributions from the likes of Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty, Kate Allen of Amnesty International and QCs Philippe Sands and Michael Mansfield and commentary from senior political commentators - including Boris Johnson and Clare Short. Through these and further contributions from ordinary members of the public who have felt the increasingly heavy hand of the law, Taking Liberties questions the strength of New Labour’s democratic vision and illustrates the country’s growing disillusionment in the government. www.noliberties.com Click here to buy     DON DON THE SECOND NOVEL FROM NICK TAUSSIG Paperback Edition out 16 March 2007. From $6.93 in all good bookshops.     In this, his second novel DON DON, Nick Taussig provides a meditation on death from two very different and interconnected perspectives. There is the immortal, rapacious American millionaire Don Holmes, for whom death comes as an affront, and there is the noble and benevolent Thai Buddhist monk Ajahn Dohn, for whom death comes as the fate of all that lives. Once both men know that they are dying, they set out on contrasting journeys. Don Holmes descends into hedonism and excess before seeking spiritual renewal and making a dignified attempt to reconcile himself with those he'll leave behind, whereas Ajahn Dohn journeys from the temple to the city, moving from a quiet acceptance of his imminent death to a rousing need to re-immerse himself in the material and sensual world. These comparative stories vary and diverge throughout, before finally knitting back together to give the novel a neat figure-of-eight shape. Though the two men at first seem so diametrically opposed in outlook and again at their first fractious meeting, by the end they have almost merged into one. www.dondonthenovel.com www.nicktaussig.com Click here to buy     MARRIAGE & HOW TO AVOID IT THE TRULY CYNICAL GUIDE Paperback Edition out now. From $4.10 in all good bookshops.     A cheeky, witty, well-informed and provocative look at an age-old institution that is (supposedly) one of the building blocks of modern society; this book is a light-hearted look at our intended destination. But buried in a shallow grave under the humorous text are deeply dark undertones that seem to make an awful lot of sense. Marriage: is it worth it? Is it necessary? Is it outdated? Is it just another item on the shopping list of life? This book will touch you whether you’re ‘a true romantic’ or ‘an intolerable cynic’, and should leave you with a big smile on your face, or at the very least, a rather worried grin. www.marriageandhowtoavoidit.com www.guyblews.com Click here to buy     LOVE AND MAYHEM THE ACCLAIMED DEBUT NOVEL FROM NICK TAUSSIG Paperback Edition out now. From $7.05 in all good bookshops.     The novel tells the story of the love affair between Jack Stoltz and Catherine Ramirez. A rather shy, intense and introspective man, his desire for her is strong and abrupt. She, his opposite, is wild, sensual and mercurial. Theirs is an obsessive love, ardent and intense while dangerously self-destructive in its all-consuming design. When at last their love is realised, it exists as a delicate and fragile entity, constantly threatening to be consumed by its own excess and their own deeply buried but explosive anxieties. Jack’s encounter with a destitute and desperate stranger – a man who believes there’s no purpose in looking for love in a selfish, violent and hypocritical world – threatens to destroy not only Jack and Catherine’s love for one another but their very identities. >> View The TV Trailer www.nicktaussig.com Click Here To Buy           © 2008 REVOLVER ENTERTAINMENT LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED