If You Pay Peanuts and Other Quirky Comedy Tales: Quintessentially Quirky Tales, #5

By Iain Pattison

Laugh-out-loud stories packed with gags, groans and great fun characters.

From the off-beat and colourful imagination of internationally-acclaimed humorist Iain Pattison, this fifth instalment in the rib-tickling Quintessentially Quirky Tales comedy series is guaranteed to put a big smile on your face.

In his latest collection of sharp-edged satire, silly send-ups and chuckle-filled pastiches, you'll be transported to a crazy world where an ancient wall-building "Make China Great Again" Emperor shares a surreal landscape with a monkey-plagued playwright, and a bumbling biblical family who want to turn the great flood into a crackpot business venture...

Other delights include:

An art expert views the portrait of Dorian Gray with unexpectedly humorous results.

A wizard causes a stir trying to buy goblins at his local electrical store.

Viking invaders posing as luxury cruise passengers spread monk-terrifying mayhem.

A hassled business executive finds that trying to duplicate himself leads to clowning with clones.

And a case of bad horticultural taste ignites an unholy dust-up in the Garden of Eden.

Packed with laughter, unexpected twists and more than the occasional sigh-inducing pun, these slapstick stories are a must if you love Carry On films, Monty Python, sit-coms and fast-paced sketch shows. Buy it today to join the fun.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Iain Pattison
• Release date: Apr 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9798215354568

Iain Pattison

Having discovered that he was not The Chosen One of which the ancient prophesises spoke, Iain Pattison ditched his kaftan, sold his sandals and vowed to eke out a living as an author and humorist. Between penning funny tales, he battles to give obscure words like eke a place in polite society. He resides in Birmingham, England but often feels a mysterious urge to return to his cave in Tibet for Bank Holiday weekends.

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