{"product_id":"sour-grapes","title":"Sour Grapes","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Hilarious. I laughed like a banshee’ David Sexton, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhen the sleepy English village of Green Bottom hosts its first literary festival, the good, the bad and the ugly of the book world descend upon its leafy lanes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut the villagers are not prepared for the peculiar habits, petty rivalries and unspeakable desires of the authors. And they are certainly not equipped to deal with Wilberforce Selfram, the ghoul-faced, ageing \u003ci\u003eenfant terrible\u003c\/i\u003e who wreaks havoc wherever he goes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSour Grapes\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious satire on the literary world which takes no prisoners as it skewers authors, agents, publishers and reviewers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A rollicking satire of publishing, writers and book festivals. As broad as the Atlantic but filled with zingers’ \u003cstrong\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘The funniest book since \u003ci\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/i\u003e’ \u003cb\u003eJulie Burchill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Utterly brilliant. Not just laugh-out-loud funny, it’s spit-out-your-tea hilarious’ \u003cb\u003eMark Billingham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Piercing and hilarious’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Best Books of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘No one in publishing escapes a brutal skewering in this laugh-out-loud satire. I loved it’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A deliciously absurdist farce. I can’t think of a more cheeky rib-dig at publishing since Amanda Craig’s \u003ci\u003eA Vicious Circle\u003c\/i\u003e’ \u003cb\u003eJulia Raeside, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe i Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘I devoured \u003ci\u003eSour Grapes \u003c\/i\u003ein one sitting, cackling and wincing along the way’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 class=\"p3\"\u003eHardback: 384pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 class=\"p3\"\u003ePublished: Lightning (November 2021)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 class=\"p3\"\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e9781785632921\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 384pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Lightning (September 2023)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785633058\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56900639293824,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56900639326592,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/products\/ScreenShot2021-08-26at09.20.24.png?v=1629969571","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/sour-grapes","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}