{"product_id":"9780552177344","title":"The Stranger Times","description":"Author: C.K.McDonnell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780552177344\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 05 Jan 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the publisher of Terry Pratchett and \u003ci\u003eGood Omens\u003c\/i\u003e comes the smart, knowing, outrageously fun and acclaimed supernatural romp by award-winning comic and hugely successful indy author Caimh McDonnell . . . now in paperback!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTOP PRESS! \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times w\u003c\/i\u003eins the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Audio Work! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully dark, extremely funny' \u003c\/b\u003eproclaimed ADAM KAY, author of the No.1 bestselling \u003ci\u003eThis is Going to Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A filmic romp with great characters, a jet-propelled plot, and a winning premise' \u003c\/b\u003esaid the \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJASON MANFORD thinks it's \u003cb\u003e'Hilarious. You'll never look at Manchester the same way again'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of St Mary's\u003c\/i\u003e series author JODI TAYLOR declared\u003cb\u003e 'I loved this . . . great premise - great story - great characters . . . hugely enjoyable'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e is on hand to report them . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt least that's their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious. Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered and foul-mouthed husk of a man who thinks little of the publication he edits. His staff are a ragtag group of misfits. And as for the assistant editor . . . well, that job is a revolving door - and it has just revolved to reveal Hannah Willis, who's got problems of her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen tragedy strikes in her first week on the job \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e is forced to do some serious investigating. What they discover leads to a shocking realisation: some of the stories they'd previously dismissed as nonsense are in fact terrifyingly real. Soon they come face-to-face with darker forces than they could ever have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel from C.K. McDonnell, the pen name of Caimh McDonnell. It combines his distinctive dark wit with his love of the weird and wonderful to deliver a joyous celebration of how truth really can be stranger than fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders love\u003ci\u003e The Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***** 'A delight from start to finish - laugh out loud funny yet with plenty of thrills.'\u003cbr\u003e***** 'Full of wit and humour, and knows how to keep the reader hooked.'\u003cbr\u003e***** 'You'll soon fall in love . . . fans of Pratchett, Gaiman, Aaronovich will be blown away.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis Charming Man\u003c\/i\u003e shortlisted for a 'Dead Good Reader Award' - the 'The New Kid on the Block Award for Best New Series'!","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48203388649630,"sku":"UBD-9780552177344","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780552177344.jpg?v=1787833744","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780552177344","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}