{"product_id":"9780994940926","title":"Vengeful Hank and Other Shortweird Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e \"... reminds me of Terry Pratchett... if he was Canadian and had ADHD.\" --- Steve Patterson, author and host of The Debaters (CBC Radio 1) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"As he did whenever he wanted their attention, Capitaine Fromage shot one of his crew with a pistol...\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike every story in this book, the characters gets up to nonsense right from the start. This is \u003ci\u003e'hilarious... off the wall... the strangest book you'll ever read..\"\u003c\/i\u003e (Matt Carter, Grid City Magazine) The twists are endless, but each tale is \u003ci\u003e\"an offbeat linguistic romp... sketches of a sunshine mind making leaps of logic into the absurd...\" \u003c\/i\u003e(Sheree Fitch, author, Stephen Leacock Award shortlist) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA time-travel prototype lands in a Viking village. A horse-riding fiddler crab reveals his secret. A despotic tyrant is confronted by a penguin. The author meets Bill Murray. Each story is \u003ci\u003e\"an imaginative gem... funny, charming, surprising, whimsical..\" \u003c\/i\u003e(Don Ferguson, Royal Canadian Air Farce) with a style that's \u003ci\u003e\"tight, airy and whimsical\"\u003c\/i\u003e (Colleen McKie, Lavender Lines Book Review) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eVENGEFUL HANK \u0026amp; OTHER SHORTWEIRD STORIES\u003c\/b\u003e, St. Pierre showcases an ability to conjure characters and situations as universally ridiculous as a Gary Larson 'Far Side' cartoon, mixing the dry wit of Steve Martin's 'Pure Drivel' with the absurd logic of Douglas Adams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MKZ Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50087658258672,"sku":"9780994940926","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780994940926","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}