{"title":"Books by Marina Hyde","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781783352616","title":"What Just Happened?!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Marina Hyde's new book, \u003ci\u003eWhat a Time to be Alive! \u003c\/i\u003eis available now**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the co-host of the hilarious podcast with Richard Osman, \u003ci\u003eThe Rest is Entertainment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow includes ELEVEN new columns and a whole THREE new prime ministers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelive the delusional fever-dream of the modern era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Thank f*ck for Marina Hyde: the most lethal, vital, screamingly funny truth-teller of our time.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'The most brilliantly funny columnist of our time.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGARY LINEKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'It’s a scientific FACT: Marina Hyde is Britain’s funniest writer.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAITLIN MORAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDrawn from her spectacularly funny \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e columns, \u003ci\u003eWhat Just Happened?!\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome blast of humour and sanity in a world where reality has become stranger than fiction. 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We stand at the beginning of a bright new chapter in human history. Feast your eyes, then, on Sharon Stone's peace mission to Israel, on a world where Angelina Jolie advises on the Iraqi reconstruction effort or Charlie Sheen analyses 9\/11, and in which Jude Law's attempts to establish contact with the Taliban are reported without irony. Celebrity is a roadmap, a survivalist's guide, a Rosetta Stone for our times: without a copy you are not equipped to engage with the world...","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56223108432245,"sku":"9780099532057","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780099532057_f95f792c-4745-480a-a6e2-3300ab21ef7d.jpg?v=1786011261"},{"product_id":"what-a-time-to-be-alive-2","title":"What a Time to Be Alive!","description":"\u003cp\u003e**From the co-host of the smash hit podcast \u003ci\u003eThe Rest is Entertainment\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Our funniest, sharpest writer on the great British unraveling' \u003c\/b\u003eJon Ronson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Enthralling, devastating, hilarious, envy-inducing prose' \u003c\/b\u003eSathnam Sanghera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You gobble it up far too quickly and then feel a bit guilty about how delicious it was'\u003c\/b\u003e Dawn French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'She's a genius, and there should be a statue of her in every town in the land' \u003c\/b\u003eDominic Sandbrook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarina Hyde has been one of Britain's favourite columnists for over two decades. \u003ci\u003eWhat a Time to Be Alive!\u003c\/i\u003e is her final \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e column collection and is a welcome blast of humour and sanity in an unhinged era\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the dystopian soap opera of modern times. Travel to space with Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry, let the waters close over you as Bear Grylls baptises Russell Brand in the Thames, and experience the full body impact of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski massacre trial. Lettuce also remember Liz Truss, meet  – and bid farewell to – the guy they called 'No-Drama Starmer', and celebrate the inaugural winner of the Fifa Peace Prize as he threatens to annex countries and follows all the way through on starting wars. Experience the magic of Donald Trump’s cavalcade of henchmen, watch with nothing but optimism as our Silicon Valley overlords hit their imperial phase – and let your jaw drop as Brooklyn secedes from the Beckhams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruly, these are times that make you want to put your hands over your eyes, even when your hands are already over your eyes. 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