Superhero for Hire: True Stories from the Small Ads
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Ever read a small ad and wondered who put it in the paper and why? William Shaw has gone further than wondering; he has investigated the eccentric, sad and occasionally bizarre truth behind the small ads and written about them, each time testing the idea that the stories that don't make it into the newspaper are usually more interesting, poignant and strange than those that do.
This book brings together, in expanded form, the big stories behind these small ads. We encounter a Masai warrior available for functions and a widow searching for the death certificate of her dead Bulgarian husband. We find the collectors of Victorian bottles and ladies' used shoes; those who have lost touch with friends, parents or pets; those selling a gypsy caravan made of matchsticks, or an unworn wedding dress; and those hoping to find alien life, Jesus Christ, or the true flavour of the Wild West. Here also is the story of the young woman investigating the healing power of crop circles; and the angry man, adopted in childhood, who after twenty years searching for his birth father was rejected by him and now wants to form a rock band with other adoptees.
Superhero for Hire is as surprisingly moving as it is highly entertaining.
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No of pages: 300
Dimensions: 27.0cm x 19.0cm