{"product_id":"the-horrors-charles-demers-9781771620314","title":"The Horrors: An A to Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful Things","description":"Comedian-author Charlie Demers, whose brain-bending brand of black humor will be familiar to followers of CBC Radio's The Debaters, offers his madcap perspective in a new collection of essays highlighting a wide range of topics under the heading of Bad Things. The Horrors is presented abecedarian-style, despoiling a beloved children's book tradition in order to explore personal hangups that range from the slightly awkward to the down-right terrible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with 'A' for 'Adolescence, ' Demers recalls his sexless teenage years spent in a Trotskyist sect, and 'B' for 'Bombing' offers a first-person account of the agonies of stand-up comedy gone wrong. 'E' for 'End of the World' explores the wacky world of Preppers (YouTube how-to-prepare-for-the-apocalypse experts), while 'F' for 'Fat' explains what life is like for those with both testicles and breasts. Other essays creep toward the pain side of the hilarity\/agony line: 'D' for 'Depression' and 'M' for 'Motherlessness' traverse topics that more balanced minds might hesitate to make light of. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFortunately, Demers does not let tact or sensibility deter him from pushing humor to its hysterical limit in order to examine our deepest fears. With artful insight, he never minimizes the very real pain inherent in some topics and uses comedy as a catharsis rather than a numbing agent. Dark, smart and funny, in the sunny world of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Awesome\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Happiness Project, The Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e will be a shadow . . . or at least a shadow puppet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles DeMers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771620315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771620314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas \u0026amp; McIntyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/13\/2016","brand":"Charles DeMers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482529521919,"sku":"9781771620314","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6492d98-1533-40c4-87af-16955d80c325.jpg?v=1715998801","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-horrors-charles-demers-9781771620314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}