{"product_id":"the-bad-book-affair-9780061452017","title":"The Bad Book Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Israel's] fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters with kooky locals will resonate with Alexander McCall Smith fans.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Ian Sansom \"clearly loves a good laugh\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), as his delightful mystery series featuring rumpled, fish-out-of-water, Jewish vegetarian librarian Israel Armstrong indisputably proves. \u003cem\u003eThe Bad Book Affair \u003c\/em\u003eis Israel's fourth hilarious adventure as he tools around Ireland in a rattletrap bookmobile trying to solve the mystery of a missing teenage girl while trying to keep his mess of a personal life in order. Sansom's Mobile Library Mystery series has made a big splash with critics on both sides of \"the Pond.\" The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003eloves their \"formidable reserves of insight and humor,\"\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ewhile the \u003cem\u003eLondon Times \u003c\/em\u003ecalls Israel \"one of the most original and exciting amateur sleuths around.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSansom, Ian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eIan Sansom is the author of 10 books of fiction and non-fiction. He is a former Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a former Writer-in-Residence at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry in Belfast. He is currently a Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3 and he writes for \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe London Review of Books.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317882556690,"sku":"9780061452017","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b39c5375-a6b4-4938-96e5-3b7184b819dd.jpg?v=1727542099","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bad-book-affair-9780061452017","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}