{"product_id":"to-be-continued-9780241146859","title":"To Be Continued","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WODEHOUSE COMIC FICTION PRIZE 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn utterly mad, entirely heart-warming Highland adventure from the Man Booker-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eAnd the Land lay Still\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas is fifty years old - he''s just lost his job, been kicked out by his girlfriend and moved back into his dad''s house. Just when things are starting to look hopeless, he makes a very unexpected new friend: a talking toad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMungo is a wise-cracking, straight-talking, no-nonsense kind of toad - and he is determined to get Douglas''s life back on track. Together, man and beast undertake a madcap quest to the distant Highlands, hot on the trail of a hundred-year-old granny, a beautiful Greek nymph, a split-personality alcoholic\/teetotaller, a reluctant whisky-smuggler, and the elusive glimmer of redemption . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA real romp of a road novel\u003c\/b\u003e featuring a talking toad. I can't wait * Val McDermid, The Observer *\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's description.  A madcap Highland adventure about midlife crises, new friends, and second chances.  Douglas Findhorn Elder is fifty years old, recently dumped and suddenly jobless. Mungo Forth Mungo is a talking toad. And as luck would have it, this toad is determined to help his hapless human chum to sort his life out... * Penguin *\u003cbr\u003eJoyful, warm-hearted, funny ... but buried within are serious points about the stories we tell about ourselves, how history shapes our identity, scarred landscapes and self-selecting communities. In heartsore times we need more books like this. * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eFunny and fun ... To Be Continued manages to be sad and happy at the same time. You can engage with the post-modern games and references if you like, or you can just sit back and laugh, and cry. A Scottish baroque novel, full of tricks and trinkets, written with warmth and wit. * The National *\u003cbr\u003eRobertson manages to skilfully join the quirky with the serious; the surreal with the real. His take on contemporary Scotland is insightful, eccentric and highly readable. * The Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Be Continued\u003c\/i\u003e, with its harem-scarem scenarios and surreal twists, was written to entertain. * Sunday Herald *\u003cbr\u003eA wildly eccentric tale laced with dry, deprecating wit * The Times *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017665577303,"sku":"9780241146859","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241146859.jpg?v=1750774286","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-be-continued-9780241146859","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}