{"product_id":"livestock-9780224097659","title":"Livestock","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcitement is building for this year’s Twammies and Clementine Darling is hotly tipped to win Best Female Singer and Political Spokesperson!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA satire set in a not-very-distant future (think tomorrow, or possibly the day after) … In this tale, the gruesome relationship between celebrity and politics has moved way beyond \u003ci\u003eThe One Show\u003c\/i\u003e sofa… \u003cb\u003eKnowing and savage, \u003ci\u003eLivestock\u003c\/i\u003e is that rare thing: a comic book that has only grown more essential in the gap between its inception and its publication.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eHannah Berry’s graphic novels have\u003cb\u003e a brilliantly threatening kind of British humour\u003c\/b\u003e to them: you read them, you smirk, then you look over your shoulder... \u003ci\u003eLivestock…\u003c\/i\u003etells the kind of story that will be familiar ground for viewers of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Thick of It\u003c\/i\u003e, mixing \u003cb\u003escathingly realistic political situations and dialogue with a satirical premise that balloons towards the absurd\u003c\/b\u003e… The real meat of \u003ci\u003eLivestock\u003c\/i\u003e is in the bleak viciousness of its satire… \u003cb\u003eThis is comic fantasy with a knife up its sleeve.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Tim Martin * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sharp socio-political satire, germane for the current political climate\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Nicola Streeten * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eEngaging and timely, \u003cb\u003ea rich brew of celebrity, menace, media-spin and human cloning.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Posy Simmonds\u003cbr\u003eUneducated, pliant, easy to control - that's how our rulers want us. But in Hannah Berry's dark tale of celebrity and corporate greed, the people have other ideas. \u003cb\u003eA parable for the Trump era.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Paul Mason","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732896592215,"sku":"9780224097659","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780224097659.jpg?v=1719998855","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/livestock-9780224097659","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}