{"product_id":"9781781314319","title":"The Silly Season: A Novel","description":"Jack Stack is an editor with the full-blown tabloid virus. He says ‘bollocks’ a lot and his headline signature is a ‘double ejaculation mark’. He revels in Fleet Street’s non-stop silly season of hunting down young royals and petrifying cabinet members. He even outsmarts the Palace, Prime Minister and proprietor to win a knighthood for ‘services to journalism’ at the hand of the sovereign whose family he has comprehensively shafted. Jack takes over the beleaguered Mercury and within a day transforms the formerly respectable newspaper into the most tabloid of all tabloids. His cut-the-crap management style has the old guard trembling in its boots, but has he met his match in the domineering Marina Marshall – the chairman’s mistress and the most canny columnist in Fleet Street? Perfect for an era obsessed with celebrity and spin, The Silly Season is a beautifully crafted, laugh-out-loud, satirical novel. Written by an insider who has seen it all, Bernard Shrimsley has drawn on his vast experiences.","brand":"Aurum Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178347675888,"sku":"9781781314319","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781314319_p0.jpg?v=1763715486","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781314319","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}