Hello and welcome to this very special book club. I'm Harry, joined by Carl and Josh, where today we're going to be

venturing through the mouth of madness into the heart of darkness as we examine the work of Mr. James

O'Brien, or as Carl has memorably dubbed him, James O'Gammon, and his book, How

They Broke Britain, a rather dangerous title, some have suggested.

And, uh, hey, James. This is one that, um, I've got to thank you, uh, thank you, the one voice

or call me voice as he goes by in the little introduction that he gave us here, is a little hello,

is that one of our audience members sent this into the office out of nowhere, arrived in a mysterious and dark-looking package.

I was getting some rather ominous vibes from it.

And I opened it and he said, you know, to all the folks at Lotus Eaters have fun dissecting

this one.

And I thought, you know what?

Why don't I?

Because I keep seeing this because of course, as it says...

Health and safety.

Well, we don't have health and safety here.

I chose to not fill in a risk assessment form before I read this.

So this is not an insured broadcast.

I hope you don't know how to tie a noose now, because I'm going to be a bit worried about you, having read that book.

I would suggest keeping all sharp objects away from me for the next four or so weeks.

But as you can see on the front cover, it says here that this is an instant Sunday Times bestseller.

The second it was published, literally

before anybody could get to the shops to buy it, it was already a best seller.

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