{"product_id":"merry-christmas-gf-newman-9781917163606","title":"Merry Christmas!: (A Modern Reimagined Version of a Christmas Carol)","description":"\u003ci\u003eMerry Christmas!\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, reimagined version of Dickens' \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e for the 21st Century. If that master storyteller were around today, he would surely be entertained by this clever rendition.\u003cp\u003eEddie Scarr, a modern facsimile of Scrooge, is angrier and more damaged than the original, but just as successful in his own milieu. He's a Department for Work and Pensions enforcement officer whose sole reason for existing, it seems, is to make life as difficult as possible for would-be benefit fraudsters, and everyone else who crosses his path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of seven Eddie was dumped in a care home by his older sister, following the death of their parents. The experience of this grim institution, with its uncaring 'care parents', not only deeply scarred him, but left him haunted to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA workaholic, he is driven in pursuit of cheats, even on Christmas Eve, despite being wracked with a vicious head cold. As he makes his way home to his cold apartment and equally cold bed, he has an alarming encounter with a former clients, whom he had previously hounded to death. Even more alarming encounters await him when he logs on to his computer at home. But will any of these encounters change him for the better? We can only hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gf Newman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917163606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917163606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Legends Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs","brand":"Gf Newman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46216938356991,"sku":"9781917163606","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7262d1bb-2f2d-4268-afb6-bf5590b59a1e.jpg?v=1728513812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/merry-christmas-gf-newman-9781917163606","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}