Why this sells in coastal shops

  • Countertop display included – place it and start selling.
  • Strong impulse purchase – humour and local identity
  • Premium finish – ideal for gifting
  • Proven tourist appeal – fast turnover in coastal locations
  • Sale or return available in Cornish shops

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A premium, giftable paperback with FREE countertop display.

Allternative "COASTAL GULL FABLE" stand available for outside Cornwall.

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Fresh books stored behind the stand on a flat base.

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For readers

A darkly funny seaside fable – the perfect holiday read and gift

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A seaside story with bite, humour, and heart

WE OWN THE ROOFTOPS, STREETS, AND BEACHES.

CHIPS, PASTIES, ICE CREAMS – ARE TO BE SHARED.

ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY.

By order of the gulls

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Young gull Lazarus – known as Flick – is determined to prove himself in a Cornish harbour.

His father, Solmondor, still believes in fishing and foraging – 'the noble arts', he calls them – but that’s hard work, and what’s the point when humans provide everything?

The gulls are about to find out.

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The perfect beach read. Funny, visceral, and poignant, ‘The Art of Stealing Chips in the Mizzle’ is a modern seaside fable about finding the courage to face what you’ve flown from.

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Note: Image shows hardback version.

A look inside...

'You're a herring gull, Lazarus.'

Father’s stare was granite hard.

‘Act like one.’

They stood on the flat roof, buffeted by warm wafts of old crab.

Lazarus lowered his beak. In his head, gulls screamed from cloud stupid-fast, streakin’ into the deep. Zip-zip-zip – for the sardines, the silver.

What gulls were born for, Father said.

Lazarus stared at his webbed feet.

No divin’.

Not for him. Not after what happened...

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