{"product_id":"2940169187366","title":"Audiobook of The Year, The (2018): Your Definitive Guide to the World's Weirdest News","description":"\u003cp\u003eRandom House presents \u003ci\u003eThe Audiobook of the Year (2018)\u003c\/i\u003e, written and read by the team behind hit podcast \u003ci\u003eNo Such Thing as a Fish\u003c\/i\u003e: James Harkin, Jane Hill, Dan Schreiber, Andrew Hunter Murray and Anna Ptaszynski.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink you know what happened in 2018? Think again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing hot on the heels of the success of \u003ci\u003eThe Audiobook of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e (or, more precisely, 12 months later), \u003ci\u003eThe Audiobook of the Year (2018)\u003c\/i\u003e bravely delves behind the headlines to sniff out the best and most bizarre facts of the past 12 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled and written by the creators of the award-winning hit comedy podcast \u003ci\u003eNo Such Thing as a Fish\u003c\/i\u003e, all of whom are researchers for QI, it will establish amp;mdash; among other things amp;mdash; that:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBritain¿s first robot shop assistant was sacked after a week\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDonald Trump claimed the US sells F52 planes to Norway, even though F52 planes only exist in the game Call of Duty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuring the Winter Olympics, it was so windy during the Women's Slopestyle Final that every single competitor was blown off her snowboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA snail racing competition in Plymouth was postponed because the snails were too 'sluggish' to take part.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from the distinctly offbeat to the wonderfully ludicrous amp;mdash; from the South Africans who were rationed to just one toilet flush per day, to the Nutella riots spreading across France, via the Miami bitcoin conference that stopped accepting bitcoin amp;mdash; \u003ci\u003eThe Audiobook of the Year (2018)\u003c\/i\u003e promises a fact for every occasion and will prove the perfect Christmas gift for all trivia buffs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104331088112,"sku":"2940169187366","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169187366_p0.jpg?v=1769894077","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169187366","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}