{"product_id":"2940011534461","title":"Mortal Coil: A Comedy of Corpses","description":"\u003cp\u003eFuneral-home frolic. Short-listed for the London Observer's PG Wodehouse Comic Novel Prize. The stage version is at Samuel French.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate contemporary farce, one of the hardest - if not THE hardest genre to pull off. I look forward to seeing the movie.\" (J. Maas, customer review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the moment I started to read this book I was crying with laughter. If you like dark humour and have a taste for knowing what you really shouldn't want to know you will love it. Brilliant characters and Great writing, be prepared to laugh your socks off.\" (thedeludedfool, customer review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheme song (for optimistic female voices, to the tune of Shuffle off to Buffalo):\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you’re in the mortuary\u003cbr\u003eYou may find it cold and scary —\u003cbr\u003eNo, no, don’t recoil.\u003cbr\u003eOff you’re gonna shuffle,\u003cbr\u003eShuffle off this mortal coil!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComes the undertaker later\u003cbr\u003eAnd he’ll drain your radiator\u003cbr\u003eAnd he’ll change your oil.\u003cbr\u003eOff you’re gonna shuffle,\u003cbr\u003eShuffle off this mortal coil!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst he’ll put you on the table,\u003cbr\u003eThen he’ll pump out your insides.\u003cbr\u003eHe’ll make your condition stable\u003cbr\u003eWith formal-de-hyde!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou’ll be magotty and wormy —\u003cbr\u003eIt’s enough to make you squirmy —\u003cbr\u003eWhen you’re in the soil.\u003cbr\u003eOff you’re gonna shuffle,\u003cbr\u003eShuffle off this mortal coil!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust because you feel immortal\u003cbr\u003eDoesn’t mean you’ll never die.\u003cbr\u003eYou’ll get hard and rigor mortal —\u003cbr\u003eNo use to won-der why!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you’re pushing up the daisies\u003cbr\u003eYou’ll be lying back and lazy —\u003cbr\u003eNo more moil and toil.\u003cbr\u003eOff you’re gonna shuffle,\u003cbr\u003eShuffle off this mortal coil!\u003cbr\u003eShuffle off, shuffle off, shuffle off, shuffle off,\u003cbr\u003eShuffle off this mor-tal coil!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEbook design by 52 Novels\u003cbr\u003eCover by Peter Ratcliffe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert MacLean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152356098288,"sku":"2940011534461","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011534461_p0.jpg?v=1763549625","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011534461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}