{"product_id":"hotel-avocado-by-bob-mortimer-pb","title":"Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer","description":"\u003cp\u003eHotel Avocado is the hilarious and gripping new novel by bestselling author Bob Mortimer - a rollicking ride you won't want to put down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Gary Thorn, caught between a rock and a very comfortable pie. Stay in London with his cosy legal gig in Peckham, regular pie sessions with neighbour Grace and her dog Lassoo, or make the leap to Brighton to support girlfriend Emily's exciting new venture, The Hotel Avocado? Spoiler alert: either choice means someone's getting the short end of the stick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen things get properly weird. Sinister forces start swirling in clouds of launderette-scented vape smoke, and a mysterious bloke called Mr Sequence shows up to make Gary's life infinitely more complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, staying alive becomes just as important as staying happy, and possibly more urgent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMortimer's trademark storytelling is in full effect here, packed with his signature verbal specificity and wonderfully wonky humour. Every character is bursting with carefully observed detail and laugh-out-loud moments. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the kind of book that'll have you chuckling on the bus, grinning at your desk, and generally wondering how Mortimer comes up with this stuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eAs a comedian, Bob Mortimer spins a shaggy-dog story like nobody else, and this is a rollicking old-school yarn\u003c\/strong\u003e' The Guardian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback 416 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox: 13.1 x 19.8 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old School Beauly Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57373541499255,"sku":"9781398529656","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1336\/0125\/files\/HotelAvocadobyBobMortimerPaperbackfront.jpg?v=1786626108","url":"https:\/\/oldschoolbeauly.com\/products\/hotel-avocado-by-bob-mortimer-pb","provider":"Old School Beauly","version":"1.0","type":"link"}