{"product_id":"9781785633546-in-the-beginning","title":"In the Beginning","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA satirical novel inspired by two iconic real-life court cases – one in Tennessee in the 1920s, the second in London in 2022 – which takes aim at modern crank beliefs and herd behaviour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe End of the World is Flat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The Terg wars are over. Now meet the Yerfs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A coruscating satire on currently trendy anti-science lunacy’ Richard Dawkins \u003cbr\u003e When Tara Farrier returns to the UK after a long spell as an aid worker in war-torn Yemen, she’s hoping for a well-deserved rest.\u003cbr\u003e But a cultural battleground has emerged while she’s been away, and she’s unprepared for the sensitivities of her new colleagues at an international thinktank. A throwaway reference to volcanic activity millions of years ago gets her into hot water and she discovers she belongs to the group reviled by fashionable activists as ‘Young Earth Rejecting Fascists’, or ‘Yerfs’. Faster than she can say ‘Tyrannosaurus Rex’, she is at the centre of a gruelling legal drama.\u003cbr\u003e In the keenly awaited follow-up to his acclaimed The End of the World is Flat, Simon Edge stabs once again at modern crank beliefs and herd behaviour with stiletto-sharp satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40856316018785,"sku":"9781785633546","price":8.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38850504_6f07fe68-c2c9-4274-860f-0999ad14747b.jpg?v=1764391702","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785633546-in-the-beginning","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}