{"product_id":"9781848874398","title":"Sod's Law: Why Life Always Lands Butter Side Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo every explorer with his map upside down, to every air-traffic  controller suddenly receiving Magic FM through his headphones, to every  astronomer whose new planet turns out to be a bit of bran-flake on the  eyepiece of his telescope, \u003ci\u003eSod's Law \u003c\/i\u003esays: you are not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam  Leith tells the hilarious - and painful - stories of the unsinkable  boat that sunk, the unbeatable horse that lost, and the fireproof  theatre that burned to the ground. \u003ci\u003eSod's Law\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that  the entire universe is actually set up to ensure that your toast always  lands butter side down and, what's more, that it lands precisely where  the cat has shed hair all over the carpet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this age of doubt,  fewer and fewer of us are able to believe that a higher power takes an  interest in our fate. This book reassures us that indeed it does - and  that that higher power is hell bent on buggering things up. Only by  laughing heartlessly at the misfortunes of others can we make ourselves  feel better. \u003ci\u003eSod's Law\u003c\/i\u003e enables us to do just that.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157893169392,"sku":"9781848874398","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848874398_p0.jpg?v=1763750817","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848874398","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}