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This is a novel with catchy locations and characters. A man in a midlife crisis travels to a remote Kornish village with his wife. The strange happy village, where drunkenness is widespread and people are very open, begins to influence the actions of visitors – up to a change in their character. The very strangeness of history guarantees that it will remain in memory for a long time.

Young beauty Eustace Way, passionate, self-willed, selfish and ambitious, eager to break out of the hateful rural outback into a “different life”, full of splendor, fun and pleasure. Meanwhile, after several years of service as a manager in a Paris jewelry salon, Clime Ibright returns to his Blooms End estate, who also wants to live a different life - to settle in his native land and open a school...

Niższa szkoła jazdy - romans z efedryną, znaną także jako efka. Efka to potężny psychostymulant, narkotyk początku 90. - dostępny i tani. Później wyparły go heroina i kokaina, ale w narodowej pamięci jest wciąż bardziej żywy od wielu żywych, bo efedrynowa subkultura zdążyła powołać do życia własny folklor. Niższa szkoła jazdy to encyklopedia efedrynowego slangu, odlotowych przypowieści oraz ćpuńskich...

Luxor, 1946. When young nurse Aida El Masri returns from war-torn London to her family’s estate in Egypt she steels herself against the challenges ahead. Eight years have passed since her father, Ayoub, was framed for a crime he did not commit, and died as a tragic result. Yet Aida has not forgotten, and now she wants revenge against the man she believes betrayed her father – his best friend, Kamel...