{"product_id":"9780552177344","title":"The Stranger Times","description":"\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\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\u003eJASON MANFORD thinks it's \u003cb\u003e'Hilarious. You'll never look at Manchester the same way again.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\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\u003eAnd \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e called it \u003cb\u003e'ripping entertainment from start to finish.'\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\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.'","brand":"C.K. Mcdonnell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48768409632928,"sku":"9780552177344","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b109f4c1-4b36-429b-b56f-9c7588573d93.jpg?v=1707415586","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780552177344","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}