{"product_id":"9781785633904-body-in-the-mobile-library","title":"The Body in the Mobile Library \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeter Bradshaw’s absurdist yet plausible stories – some previously narrated on BBC Radio 4 or published in Esquire, others completely new – offer pinpricks of light in a dark sky of confusion and pain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Staggering and unforgettable storytelling’ Mel Giedroyc\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In his retirement at the Vatican, emeritus pope Benedict XVI is hard at work on his magnum opus: a high-school comedy screenplay.\u003cbr\u003e At a grimy pub in North London, a doctoral researcher is abducted by gangsters peddling William Wordsworth’s handwritten account of drug-fuelled sex orgies.\u003cbr\u003e In the West African state of Benin, a politician’s daughter inherits a large cash sum which she can only launder with the help of a random Englishman sourced on the internet.\u003cbr\u003e With twenty-one deliciously observed, gloriously mischievous short stories – some previously narrated on BBC Radio 4 or published in literary magazines, others completely new – Peter Bradshaw explores the boundary between the plausible and the absurd, often with a laugh-out-loud gag up his sleeve.\u003cbr\u003e Amid the playfulness, he has an enduring warmth and sympathy for every character, however hapless. He offers pinpricks of light in a dark sky of confusion and pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41673452126305,"sku":"9781785633904","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38848857_07742cc5-632a-4d55-9d2b-056a6ea4702f.jpg?v=1764391717","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785633904-body-in-the-mobile-library","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}