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This book — based on Hyde's spectacularly funny \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e columns — tells the story of the hellscape of the Cameron, May and Johnson eras, Trumpian wtf-ery to celebrity twattery, the Royal soap-opera, and the series finale of the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHyde sees through the looking glass and calls out the utter crap rained down on us from populists, tech billionaires, reality TV monsters, media barons, sporting pundits and Gwyneth Paltrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Just Happened?!\u003c\/i\u003e will be a welcome blast of humour and sanity in the more-than-likely bleak winter of 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46556847046892,"sku":"9781783352593","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26226553482822.jpg?v=1750171732"},{"product_id":"what-just-happened-by-marina-hyde-9781783352616","title":"What Just Happened?!","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRelive the delusional fever-dream of the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Thank f*ck for Marina Hyde: the most lethal, vital, screamingly funny truth-teller of our time.'\u003c\/em\u003e - PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The most brilliantly funny columnist of our time.'\u003c\/em\u003e - GARY LINEKER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'It's a scientific FACT: Marina Hyde is Britain's funniest writer.'\u003c\/em\u003e - CAITLIN MORAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn from her spectacularly funny Guardian columns, \u003cem\u003eWhat Just Happened?!\u003c\/em\u003e is a welcome blast of humour and sanity in a world where reality has become stranger than fiction. Join Hyde as she revisits every moment of magic, from David Cameron to Theresa May to Boris Johnson to Rishi Sunak. Did we miss anyone? Boggle at the cast of characters: Hollywood sex offenders, populists, sporting heroes (and villains), media barons, reality TV monsters, police officers, wicked advisers, philanthropists, fauxlanthropists, frostbitten princes and (naturally) Gwyneth Paltrow. It's the full state banquet of crazy - and you're most cordially invited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A joyous rallying voice in British journalism.'\u003c\/em\u003e - GRAYSON PERRY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An infinite number of gag-writers, working all day in a gag factory, couldn't come up with any of the perfectly-formed one-liners that populate Marina Hyde's hilarious writing . . . But behind the wit lurks real anger, argument, exasperation and intelligence. 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Travel to space with Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry, let the waters close over you as Bear Grylls baptises Russell Brand in the Thames, and experience the full body impact of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski massacre trial. Lettuce also remember Liz Truss, meet – and bid farewell to – the guy they called 'No-Drama Starmer', and celebrate the inaugural winner of the Fifa Peace Prize as he threatens to annex countries and follows all the way through on starting wars. Experience the magic of Donald Trump's cavalcade of henchmen, watch with nothing but optimism as our Silicon Valley overlords hit their imperial phase – and let your jaw drop as Brooklyn secedes from the Beckhams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTruly, these are times that make you want to put your hands over your eyes, even when your hands are already over your eyes. 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