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Oddjobs

By: Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
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It's the end of the world as we know it, but someone still needs to do the paperwork.

Incomprehensible horrors from beyond are going to devour our world, but that’s no excuse to get all emotional about it.

Morag Murray works for the secret government organization responsible for making sure the apocalypse goes as smoothly and as quietly as possible. In her first week on the job, Morag has to hunt down a man-eating starfish, solve a supernatural murder, and, if she's got time, prevent her own inevitable death.

Oddjobs is a sideswipe at the world of work and a fantastical adventure featuring amphibian wannabe gangstas, mad old cat ladies, ancient gods, apocalyptic scrabble, fish porn, telepathic curry, and, possibly, the end of the world before the weekend.

©2016 Heide Goody and Iain Grant (P)2018 Heide Goody and Iain Grant Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Funny Paranormal Witty

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I’ve been a fan of Heide Goody and Iain Grant since I discovered their Clovenhoof series a few years ago. They’re brilliant at writing comedy laced with dark, out-of-this-world humour and characters. The fantasy-comedy Oddjobs is a brilliant example of it: it’s full of comic figures and scenes, sarcasm, mishaps and secret agencies. I’m looking forward to listening to Oddjobs 2 next.
The story is made even more enjoyable by the excellent narration of Matthew Lloyd Davies.

Out-of-this-world funny

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I’d never read/ heard any books by these authors before and I have to say I was impressed. The story is original and gripping with a good amount of comedy. The narration is good but sometimes it’s hard to know what’s being said, like the names of the creatures.

Loved it

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What an interesting and different book. This was not overly my cup of tea but if you enjoy sci fi and Terry Prachett novels this book will be for you. It’s clever and exciting and very different. Worth a listen if you fancy something different from the norm.

If you like Terry Prachett this is for you

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The performance was great and I loved the use of accents but the Alien language was too harsh and shouty, and often it meant I skipped section where it was used a lot - which was a shame. Not sure if I’ll get the next instalment of the narration of the aliens is the same.

Really liked story but..

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This is another brilliant book by Heide and Iain. This one follows a lovely Scottish lady called Morag as she tries to save the world from being destroyed and all our souls being sent to something worse than hell.

Overall it was a brilliantly funny story, which was very well narrated by Matthew. The only slightly negative thing I would say is that Matthew shouts the names of all the demons and Gods, which does get a bit annoying at times.

The story is very well written and I loved how in depth everything was

Great story

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