Definite beach reading: the fifth book in the Laundry Files series of spoof spy novels, it's about a secret government department charged with fighting supernatural beasties.
Cornell's work is urban fantasy, which is a path also trod by Charles Stross to great effect in his Laundry Files series, the latest of which, The Rhesus Chart (Orbit, £16.99) is a great jumping-on point for anyone who hasn't read the previous four novels in the series.
Deón told herself then that no one should read to empty chairs; soon after, she founded the Dirty Laundry Lit reading series, which is equal parts party and reading (the next one is Nov. 5).
He's written just shy of 150 novels since his debut in the late 70s most of which are entries in a laundry list of thriller series, a genre he's mastered.
If the city wanted to keep its soiled laundry private, the popular Netflix series "Narcos," whose first two seasons chronicled the rise and ruin of Mr. Escobar, exposed it to millions of global viewers.
Over the next 10 years, his work, including a sculptural hi-tech proposal for a laundry in Leeds, won a series of competitions and awards that gave his provincial practice national recognition.
The series would become a laundry list of names, dates and events -- spectacularly uncompelling television.
The stand-up comic met Fairless through her "OITNB" costar Emma Myles, who plays the laundry room's Leanne on the series.
For their first New York solo exhibition, the Claytons have created a series of paintings about a coin-operated laundry in the neighborhood of their studio.
It is a picture-book pretty centerpiece to a series of buildings: homes, community rooms and laundry rooms.
