Publisher's Synopsis
From the downright hilarious to the deliciously droll, this latest instalment in the Quintessentially Quirky Tales series is guaranteed to make you chuckle. With sharp-edged satire, silly send-ups and rib-tickling pastiches, this feast of fun from internationally-acclaimed humorist Iain Pattison will whisk you to a land where vampire supermodels rub shoulders with Atlantis searching scientists, and ancient singing trees co-exist with serial killer grannies. Venture into Iain's colourful and off-beat imagination and you'll encounter: A medieval printer who accidentally turns his dull history book into a sizzling, best-selling sensation. An explosion at a top secret research base that sets time hiccupping backwards and forwards with bizarre and perilous consequences. A team of Glasgow detectives assigned to Middle Earth to investigate a missing ring and a murdered hobbit. A road rage quarrel over a disabled parking spot that sends punches and crutches flying. An opium-fuelled switch in career for Sherlock Holmes that has Doctor Watson seeing red. And the moment Quasimodo considers opening up a beauty business... Packed with laughter, unexpected twists and more than the occasional groan-inducing pun, these surreal stories are a must if you love sit-coms, sketch shows and the long lamented Carry On Films. PLUS AN EXTRA TREAT...
And as if that isn't enough, this collection of quirky gems features a bonus guest tale from popular short story writer Sally Jenkins. In "Growing Out of Burgers" she charts what happens when an exchange student's trip to France goes awry after his host family's alluring mother appears to want more than an Entente Cordiale!
