Новинки Пола Рудника

From the acclaimed writer Paul Rudnick, a riotously funny, perceptive, and life-affirming novel following the decades-long, rule-breaking romance between the son of one of American’s wealthiest families and a middle-class aspiring author.

Devastatingly handsome and insanely rich, Farrell Covington is capable of anything and impossible to resist. He’s a clear-eyed romantic, an aesthete but not a snob, self-indulgent yet wildly generous. As the son of one of the country’s most powerful and deeply conservative families, the world could be his. But when he falls for Nate Reminger, an aspiring writer from a nice Jewish family in Piscataway, New Jersey, the results are passionate and catastrophic.

Together, the two embark on a uniquely managed romance that spans half a century. They are inseparable—except for the many years when they are apart. Moving from the ivy-covered bastion of Yale to New York City, Los Angeles, and eventually all over the world, Farrell and Nate experience the tremendous upheaval and social change of the last fifty years. From the freedom of gay life in 1970s Manhattan to the Hollywood closet, the AIDS epidemic, and the profound strides of the LGBTQ+ movement, this witty and moving novel shows how the world changes around us while we’re busy doing other things. A story of chances lost and found (and sometimes just temporarily misplaced), with an epic reach, it reminds us that there is always the possibility of undiluted, unbridled, unstoppable happiness, if, as Farrell says, “You know where to look.” Style has its limits, love does not.

חצי שנה אחרי שהאקס הבוגדני והלוהט שלו עזב אותו, קרטר אוגדן, אדריכל אירועים יהודי מניו ג'רזי, מתקשה להאמין שימצא שוב אהבה. הוא גר בדירת שותפים מתפוררת בהל'ז קיטצ'ן, יוצא לדייטים גרועים, וכמו כל גיי, מפנטז על רומן עם יורש העצר הבריטי הנסיך אדגר, הרווק הכי מבוקש בעולם.
אבל מה הסיכוי שהפנטזיה הכי מטורפת שלו תתגשם?
הנסיך אדגר, המלך העתידי של אנגליה, יצא מהארון בגיל שמונה־עשרה, אבל גם עשור לאחר מכן עדיין לא הצליח למצוא אהבת אמת, והשלים עם האפשרות שכבר לא ימצא. הוא יפה תואר כמו באגדות, אבל מחובר לאינסטגרם כמו במציאות ורוצה לחולל בעולם שינוי אמיתי לטובה.
כל הסיכויים נגדו, אבל אולי השותף הנכון לדרך ישנה את המצב?
פגישה מקרית בין אדגר לקרטר במסדרונות האו"ם מתפתחת לרומן שמסעיר את ההמונים. אבל אז מתחילה שרשרת של מבוכות פומביות עצומות לבית המלוכה, וכולם – כולל מלכת אנגליה קתרין, שמהרגע הראשון לא מתלהבת מבן הזוג החדש של הנכד שלה – מבינים שהקשר הזה חייב להסתיים – ומייד.
ואולי האהבה תנצח את כל המכשולים?

When a lonely American event planner starts dating the gay Prince of Wales, a royal uproar ensues: is it true love or the ultimate meme? Find out in this hilarious romantic comedy.

After having his heart trampled on by his cheating ex, Carter Ogden is afraid love just isn’t in the cards for him. He still holds out hope in a tiny corner of his heart, but even in his wildest dreams he never thought he’d meet the Crown Prince of England, much less do a lot more with him. Yes, growing up he’d fantasized about the handsome, openly gay Prince Edgar, but who hadn’t? When they meet by chance at an event Carter’s boss is organizing, Carter’s sure he imagined all that sizzling chemistry. Or was it mutual?

This unlikely but meant-to-be romance sets off media fireworks on both sides of the Atlantic. With everyone having an opinion on their relationship and the intense pressure of being constantly in the spotlight, Carter finds ferocious obstacles to his Happily Ever After, including the tenacious disapproval of the Queen of England. Carter and Prince Edgar fight for a happy ending to equal their glorious international beginning. It’s a match made on Valentine’s Day and in tabloid heaven.

My name is Caitlin and up until forty-eight hours ago I had never:
Tasted alcohol, kissed a boy, sang in public at the top of my lungs, kidnapped anyone or—WHAT? STOLEN A CONVERTIBLE?
Now I’m in jail and I have no idea what I’m going to tell:
The police, my parents, the mayor, all of those camera crews and everyone on Twitter.
I have just noticed that:
My nose is pierced and I have—WAIT? IS THAT A TATTOO?
I blame one person for this entire insane weekend:
My famous cousin.
Who is also my former best friend.
Who I have HATED for the past four years.
Who I miss like crazy. NO I DON’T!!!!
IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT, HELLER HARRIGAN!!!!

parts for 4 men and 2 women. VALHALLA intertwines two stories: the life of Ludwig of Bavaria, the 1880s Mad King responsible for building a series of storybook castles inspired by Wagnerian operas, and the fictional adventures of James Avery, a wild Texas teenager of the 1940s. These two iconoclasts are tracked from childhood through their deaths, and while they embody separate eras, they are ultimately revealed as time-traveling soul mates. The play explores questions of beauty and madness, as both Ludwig and James pursue lives of operatic passion, bringing them in contact with such diverse figures as a high-school quarterback, the prettiest girl in Dainsville, Texas, most of the characters of Lohengrin and princess Sophie, who declares herself "the loneliest humpback in Europe." VALHALLA is a comic epic, confronting the price to be paid for wanting, and getting, everything you dream of.