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'Frantically wacky and wilfully confusing ... gratifyingly clever and very amusing' - Mail on Sunday

'Frothy, fast and funny' - Scotland on Sunday

J.W. Wells seemed to be a respectable establishment, but the company now paying Paul Carpenter's salary is in fact a deeply sinister organisation with a mighty peculiar management team.

Paul thought he was getting the hang of it (particularly when he fell head over heels for his strangely alluring colleague Sophie), but death is never far away when you work at J.W. Wells. Unlike the stapler - that's always going awol. Our lovestruck hero is about to discover that custard is definitely in the eye of the beholder. And that it really stings.

Tom Holt's exceedingly comic fantasies are populated with evil goblins, annoying sprites and people like us. However, it's not always possible to tell the difference.

The third book to follow the hilarious adventures of Paul Carpenter - Tom Holt at his inventive best.

Books by Tom Holt:

Walled Orchard Series
Goatsong
The Walled Orchard

J.W. Wells & Co. Series
The Portable Door
In Your Dreams
Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps
The Better Mousetrap
May Contain Traces of Magic
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages

YouSpace Series
Doughnut
When It's A Jar
The Outsorcerer's Apprentice
The Good, the Bad and the Smug

Novels
Expecting Someone Taller
Who's Afraid of Beowulf
Flying Dutch
Ye Gods!
Overtime
Here Comes the Sun
Grailblazers
Faust Among Equals
Odds and Gods
Djinn Rummy
My Hero
Paint your Dragon
Open Sesame
Wish you Were Here
Alexander at World's End
Only Human
Snow White and the Seven Samurai
Olympiad
Valhalla
Nothing But Blue Skies
Falling Sideways
Little People
Song for Nero
Meadowland
Barking
Blonde Bombshell
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
An Orc on the Wild Side



Trade Review
Praise for IN YOUR DREAMS: 'Wacky humour bubbles through the polished narrative ... Holt doesn't skimp on the flashes of brilliance' SFX Praise for Tom Holt: 'Uniquely twisted ... cracking gags' Rob Grant, THE GUARDIAN, 'Frantically wacky and wilfully confusing ... gratifyingly clever and very amusing' MAIL ON SUNDAY, 'Frothy, fast and funny' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY, 'Dazzling' TIME OUT

Earth, Air, Fire And Custard: J.W. Wells & Co.

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 19/01/2006
      ISBN13: 9781841492827, 978-1841492827
      ISBN10: 1841492825
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'Frantically wacky and wilfully confusing ... gratifyingly clever and very amusing' - Mail on Sunday

      'Frothy, fast and funny' - Scotland on Sunday

      J.W. Wells seemed to be a respectable establishment, but the company now paying Paul Carpenter's salary is in fact a deeply sinister organisation with a mighty peculiar management team.

      Paul thought he was getting the hang of it (particularly when he fell head over heels for his strangely alluring colleague Sophie), but death is never far away when you work at J.W. Wells. Unlike the stapler - that's always going awol. Our lovestruck hero is about to discover that custard is definitely in the eye of the beholder. And that it really stings.

      Tom Holt's exceedingly comic fantasies are populated with evil goblins, annoying sprites and people like us. However, it's not always possible to tell the difference.

      The third book to follow the hilarious adventures of Paul Carpenter - Tom Holt at his inventive best.

      Books by Tom Holt:

      Walled Orchard Series
      Goatsong
      The Walled Orchard

      J.W. Wells & Co. Series
      The Portable Door
      In Your Dreams
      Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
      You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps
      The Better Mousetrap
      May Contain Traces of Magic
      Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages

      YouSpace Series
      Doughnut
      When It's A Jar
      The Outsorcerer's Apprentice
      The Good, the Bad and the Smug

      Novels
      Expecting Someone Taller
      Who's Afraid of Beowulf
      Flying Dutch
      Ye Gods!
      Overtime
      Here Comes the Sun
      Grailblazers
      Faust Among Equals
      Odds and Gods
      Djinn Rummy
      My Hero
      Paint your Dragon
      Open Sesame
      Wish you Were Here
      Alexander at World's End
      Only Human
      Snow White and the Seven Samurai
      Olympiad
      Valhalla
      Nothing But Blue Skies
      Falling Sideways
      Little People
      Song for Nero
      Meadowland
      Barking
      Blonde Bombshell
      The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
      An Orc on the Wild Side



      Trade Review
      Praise for IN YOUR DREAMS: 'Wacky humour bubbles through the polished narrative ... Holt doesn't skimp on the flashes of brilliance' SFX Praise for Tom Holt: 'Uniquely twisted ... cracking gags' Rob Grant, THE GUARDIAN, 'Frantically wacky and wilfully confusing ... gratifyingly clever and very amusing' MAIL ON SUNDAY, 'Frothy, fast and funny' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY, 'Dazzling' TIME OUT

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