{"product_id":"in-the-beginning-paperback-9","title":"In the Beginning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Edge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of The End of the World is Flat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Terg wars are over. Now meet the Yerfs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant! Perfectly captures both the absurdity and horror of this madness'. Gareth Roberts. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\u003cp\u003eIn the keenly awaited follow-up to his acclaimed\u003ci\u003e The End of the World is Flat, \u003c\/i\u003e Simon Edge stabs once again at modern crank beliefs and herd behaviour with stiletto-sharp satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Edge\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Chester and read philosophy at Cambridge University. He was editor of the pioneering London paper\u003ci\u003e Capital Gay\u003c\/i\u003e before becoming a gossip columnist on the \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard \u003c\/i\u003eand then a feature writer on the \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e, where he was also a theatre critic for many years. He has an MA in Creative Writing from City University, London, where he also taught literary criticism. He is the author of four novels: \u003ci\u003e The Hopkins Conundrum\u003c\/i\u003e, longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award, \u003ci\u003e The Hurtle of Hell, A Right Royal Face-Off, Anyone for Edmund\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World Is Flat.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 7.96 x 4.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253815197945,"sku":"9781785633546","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Iedq7UwmZ09781785633546.webp?v=1768709215","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/in-the-beginning-paperback-9","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}