{"product_id":"9780717181001","title":"The Gospel According to Blindboy - Blindboy Boatclub","description":"\u003cp\u003eSunday Business Post Book of the YearBlindboy Boatclub is one half of the Rubberbandits, Ireland's foremost satirist and now the talented author of a collection of brilliant short stories and visual art. Published to critical acclaim, his first collection is powered by big themes and even bigger ideas.   There are stories about a van fuelled by Cork people's accents, Tipperary's first ISIS recruit, a sexually aggressive banshee and a fridge dragged heroically through the streets of Limerick.   The Gospel According to Blindboy questions and challenges the complacencies and contradictions at the heart of modern Ireland. Whip-smart, provocative and animated by his unmistakable dark wit, it is one of the most original collections of short stories to emerge in recent years.   �`Mad, wild, hysterical, and all completely under the writer's control �- this is a brilliant �debut.' Kevin Barry`There is genius in this book, warped genius. Like you'd expect from a man who for his day job wears a plastic bag on his head but something beyond that too. Oddly in keeping with the tradition of great Irish writers.' Russell Brand`If you've ever witnessed (there's no other word for it) a Rubberbandits video you'll be anxious (there's no other word for it) to read this collection of short stories from one of the originators. I hesitate to use the word author as the experience is as close to reading a traditional short story as being burnt by a blow torch. Essential, funny and disturbing.' Danny Boyle`One of Ireland's finest and most �intelligent comic minds delivers stories so blisteringly funny and sharp your fingers might bleed. In language so delicious you can taste it, we're shown holy and unholy Ireland: a land of lock-ins, nettle stings, stone-mad �Cork birds, gas cunts and Guiney's jeans. No one is safe - we all have the unmerciful �piss ripped out of us and there's no escape from the emotional gut punches, �expertly dealt.' Tara Flynn`Demented, dishevelled and deeply surreal - Blindboy Boatclub's book will shock and delight.' Irish Independent `It's not for the faint-hearted.' Joe.ie `You won't be disappointed. It will take you to places unexpected.' Ryan Tubridy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blindboy Boatclub","offers":[{"title":"272 pages \/ 20\/04\/2018 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":56966837633399,"sku":"9780717181001","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9780717181001.jpg?v=1775131698","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9780717181001","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}