It starts as it means to continue: ”Ever since I could think, I’ve had haemorrhoids.” And through the next 229 unflinchingly explicit pages, there is little respite. Feuchtgebiete, which translates as ”wetlands” or ”humid zones”, is the first book by 30-year-old High Wycombe-born Charlotte Roche.
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/ 26 January 2008
Jérôme Kerviel, a shy and introverted young city trader, lived on a tree-lined street in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the wealthy Paris suburb dubbed Sarkozyland in honour of its famous political son. Its yuppies live by Nicolas Sarkozy’s mantra ”work more to earn more”.
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/ 5 November 2007
Australian singer Kylie Minogue capped her comeback from breast cancer on Monday with a new single and the launch of a cellphone social-networking site that its designers say is a first for a major pop act. Her spokesperson also confirmed she has discussed the possibility of a world tour in 2008, when she will be 40.