{"product_id":"smack-dab-in-the-middle-of-duncan-p-pacey-9780473417208","title":"Smack-dab, in the Middle of Nowhere: A post-apocalyptic comedy novel","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"Pratchetty humour with a hack n slash edge.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Smack-dab struck me most with just how well it balances comedy with the gritty frankness of life after the apocalypse.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Colourful characters and seriously funny plot.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Amazon Reviewers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* * * \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Smack-dab, in the Middle of Nowhere\" is a post-apocalyptic comedy novel about a grumpy bar owner desperately trying to save her home and livelihood from the perils of the Waste - perils like bandits, tax, and...tourism? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThink Terry Pratchett meets \"Fallout\", but not as good as either. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* * * \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bert'd be damned if this bar did anything other than thrive. Smack-dab would prosper, or she'd shoot folk until it did.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBert is the takes-no-crap bar owner of Smack-dab, a struggling tavern halfway from nowhere to nowhere else. All around her is the barren, post-apocalyptic Waste, a terrifying place plagued by villainous bandits, ravenous monsters, and Things that go bump in the night (and also eat you). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Waste is in turmoil. Lord Ash has been overthrown, replaced by a terrifyingly powerful giant hell-bent on taxing anyone and everyone that can help fund his devious master plan. Smack-dab is threatened with total destruction, but Bert has a plan of her own. Can she rally enough help to fend off the bandits? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStrange and hilarious, \"Smack-dab, in the Middle of Nowhere\" is the fresh new face of the post-apocalypse, even if that face has more creepy mutant eyes than you expected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Duncan P. Pacey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0473417200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780473417208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sillygoose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Duncan P. Pacey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435421643007,"sku":"9780473417208","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e6f9047-8abb-4e5c-8426-e460c8aba408.jpg?v=1777150273","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smack-dab-in-the-middle-of-duncan-p-pacey-9780473417208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}