{"product_id":"proximal-birdflip-andrew-p-partington-9781763626096","title":"Proximal Birdflip: The Teleconference of Doctor Faustus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProximal BirdFlip: The Teleconference of Doctor Faustus\u003c\/strong\u003e is a satire and parody - existing somewhere on a continuum that allegedly includes Dante, Cervantes, Jonathan Swift and Terry Pratchett1, with maybe a dash of Evelyn Waugh2 - concerning the biopharmaceutical industry and politics of the recent BirdFlip\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epandemic of which you have doubtless heard3. And so that the keywords come up in the search, please not that it contains Dumb and Idiotic Humour as well as Humor, is Humorous as well as Humourous and has Humous and Hummus in it as well, just in case someone looking for Humour mistypes it as Hummus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 fairly fictional; but what it does share with Terry Pratchett is the habit of displaying ridiculous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efootnotes and using the names of peculiar birds such as the Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler, for no\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eapparent logical reason. I don't know about you, but I hate footnotes, I really loathe and detest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethem, so I don't know why I've put so many in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The dash after \"Waugh\" is undoubtedly the dash this clause is talking about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 If you haven't then read the book! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew P. Partington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1763626091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781763626096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Submarine Media Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Andrew P. Partington","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873810362623,"sku":"9781763626096","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/proximal-birdflip-andrew-p-partington-9781763626096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}