{"product_id":"the-royal-free-paperback-by-carl-shuker","title":"The Royal Free Paperback by Carl Shuker","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eCounterpoint\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2025-06-17)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e288\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781640097056\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e294.84\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.23 x 5.51 x 0.79\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exuberant dark comedy about dying young, parenting through grief, and the full-on hilarity of copyediting a medical journal while the city around you burns\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Ballard is a recently widowed father to a baby daughter. And he is a copy editor tasked with saving the \u003ci\u003eRoyal London Journal of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e from the mistakes no one else notices—misplaced apostrophes, Freudian misspellings, the wrong influenza strain. This job is utterly boring but—he tells himself—totally crucial. \u003ci\u003eThe Royal London\u003c\/i\u003e is a stronghold of care for the human body and a bastion of humanism in a disintegrating world. In London, outside the office, the prognosis for the body politic is grim: there are riots in the streets. While attempting to balance a six-month-old baby, his grief, and his work with a cast of mad and lovably eccentric medical editors, he finds himself the target of a violent gang of North London teenagers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts workplace comedy, home invasion thriller, and literary conundrum,\u003ci\u003e The Royal Free\u003c\/i\u003e is vastly entertaining while also offering a lament for the unbearable, nearly unspeakable nature of a death that comes too soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCARL SHUKER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Mistake \u003c\/i\u003e(now a major motion picture starring Elizabeth Banks), \u003ci\u003eAnti Lebanon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThree Novellas for a Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lazy Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Method Actor\u003c\/i\u003es, which won the 2006 Prize in Modern Letters. He is a former editor for the \u003ci\u003eBritish Medical Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the oldest medical journals in the world, and scientific publications manager for the Health Quality \u0026amp; Safety Commission of New Zealand. He lived and worked in Tokyo and London for many years, and now lives in his home country, New Zealand, with his wife and their two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45429560180897,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781640097056","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781640097056.jpg?v=1764141825","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-royal-free-paperback-by-carl-shuker","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}