{"product_id":"reece-shearsmith-things-i-took-from-the-dark-2026","title":"Reece Shearsmith: Things I Took from the Dark [2026]","description":"For decades, Reece Shearsmith has been collecting terrible and unexpected exhibits from\u003cbr\u003eour world and beyond, from the screaming skull of Glamis C astle to the Highgate\u003cbr\u003evampire, via sea devils, the Krampus and a talking mongoose called Gef. Some of them\u003cbr\u003ehe found, some of them found him, but they all reside here in his museum, carefully\u003cbr\u003estored and waiting for their stories to be told.\u003cbr\u003eThrough the lens of these items, Reece tells his own story, from a terrifying nighttime\u003cbr\u003evisitation on a council estate in Hull, via haunted inns and uncanny creatures that hovered\u003cbr\u003earound the edges of the League of Gentlemen, to the benevolent teaspoon poltergeist of\u003cbr\u003ethe Inside No. 9 tour. Beautifully illustrated throughout by the author, Things I Took from\u003cbr\u003ethe Dark is a memoir like no other. You''ll come away knowing the author far better; but\u003cbr\u003ethe exhibits are quite interested in you too...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReece Shearsmith is the award-winning actor, writer and co-creator of Inside No 9 and\u003cbr\u003eThe League of Gentlemen. He has also starred in numerous other TV comedies, including\u003cbr\u003eCar Share alongside Peter Kay, Mid Morning Matters with Steve C oogan, Catterick with\u003cbr\u003eReeves and Mortimer and Spaced with Simon Pegg. Reece also has an illustrious career\u003cbr\u003eon stage, starring in new plays by Steven Moffat (The Unfriend at the Minerva Theatre in\u003cbr\u003eC olchester), Lucy Prebble (A Very Expensive Poison at the Old Vic) and Martin McDonagh\u003cbr\u003e(Hangmen at the Royal C ourt).","brand":"Shearsmith, Reece","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53741010485587,"sku":"9781529453133","price":26.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/shearsmith-reece-reece-shearsmith-things-i-took-from-the-dark-2026-9781529453133-1238196839.jpg?v=1778669412","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/reece-shearsmith-things-i-took-from-the-dark-2026","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}