{"product_id":"my-idea-of-fun-9781408827420","title":"My Idea of Fun","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the young Ian Wharton first meets Mr Broadhurst, he is completely unaware of the influence he will come to exert over his life as \u003cfont size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003eThe Fat Controller\u003cfont size=\"2\"\u003e'' \u003c\/font\u003e- a constant companion and confidant and also the obese, erudite manifestation of Ian\u003cfont size=\"2\"\u003e''\u003c\/font\u003es mental illness. As Ian\u003cfont size=\"2\"\u003e''\u003c\/font\u003es idea of fun becomes increasingly extreme, the reader is taken to a place where morality is eroded by the dull grind of modernity and everything becomes admissable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a brilliant first novel, obscene, funny, opulently written, and, of course, agonisingly moral' * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e‘No one else I can think of writes about contemporary Britain with such elan, energy and witty intelligence. Rejoice' * Nicholas Lezard, Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e‘Written with diabolical gusto and skill' * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e‘Vastly entertaining' * The Times *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039419400535,"sku":"9781408827420","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408827420.jpg?v=1750943633","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/my-idea-of-fun-9781408827420","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}