{"product_id":"in-the-beginning","title":"In the Beginning","description":"\u003cp data-w-id=\"6af7ddc9-d36a-7020-ae80-f1984156848e\" data-wf-id='[\"6af7ddc9-d36a-7020-ae80-f1984156848e\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe End of the World is Flat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A coruscating satire on currently trendy anti-science lunacy’ Richard Dawkins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the keenly awaited follow-up to his acclaimed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe End of the World is Flat\u003c\/em\u003e, Simon Edge stabs once again at modern crank beliefs and herd behaviour with stiletto-sharp satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘In his nifty satire, Simon Edge has created a fictional popular lunacy – saying that Earth is millions of years old is offensive – to expose exactly how such human madnesses occur’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I hugely recommend Simon Edge’s magnificent pair of novels, \u003cem\u003eThe End of the World is Flat \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eIn the Beginning\u003c\/em\u003e. Coruscating satires on currently trendy anti-science lunacy, and the spiteful viciousness of its juvenile zealots and their cowardly adult enablers’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Dawkins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Compelling and empathic... Edge perfectly exposes the ludicrous views and hollow values held by the globe’s most educated people’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e‘Simon Edge is the wickedest of satirists, and never funnier than when skewering transgender activism and credulity’ \u003cstrong\u003eAmanda Craig\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Another richly enjoyable, rapier-sharp lampoon of cancel culture, witch hunts and the madness of crowds from the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe End of the World is Flat\u003c\/em\u003e’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaga Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Funny, clever, and the retelling of the Maya Forstater case in the most astute and hilarious manner. I loved every line’ \u003cstrong\u003eJulie Bindel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Completely absurd yet painfully accurate,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Beginning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrilliantly parodies a fiasco that already seems beyond parody’ \u003cstrong\u003eVictoria Smith, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHags\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Funny, witty, delightfully satirical’ \u003cstrong\u003eMadeleine D’Arcy, winner of the Hennessy Literary Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Edge is Britain’s leading exponent of Horatian satire. Yes, he likes his characters, but also sees through them – and us, his readers – with pellucid insight’ \u003cstrong\u003eHelen Dale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 384pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Lightning (June 2023)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785633546\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42026511925445,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/IntheBeginning.jpg?v=1765361028","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/in-the-beginning","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}