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    "annotation": "<p><span>Dylan Mint has Tourette&rsquo;s. For Dylan, life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in &ndash; the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that escapes whenever he gets stressed. And, as a sixteen-year-old virgin and pupil at Drumhill Special School, getting stressed is something of an occupational hazard.&nbsp;</span><br /><span>But then a routine visit to the hospital changes everything. Overhearing a hushed conversation between the doctor and his mother, Dylan discovers that he's going to die next March.&nbsp;</span><br /><span>So he grants himself three parting wishes: three &lsquo;Cool Things To Do Before I Cack It&rsquo;.</span><br /><span>It isn&rsquo;t a long list, but it is ambitious, and he doesn't have much time. But as Dylan sets out to make his wishes come true, he discovers that nothing &ndash; and no-one &ndash; is quite as he had previously supposed.<br /></span><br /><span>A story about life, death, love, sex and swearing, When Mr Dog Bites will take you on one *#@! of a journey . . .</span></p>",
    "description": "<p><span>Dylan Mint has Tourette&rsquo;s. For Dylan, life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in &ndash; the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that escapes whenever he gets stressed. And, as a sixteen-year-old virgin and pupil at Drumhill Special School, getting stressed is something of an occupational hazard.&nbsp;</span><br /><span>But then a routine visit to the hospital changes everything. Overhearing a hushed conversation between the doctor and his mother, Dylan discovers that he's going to die next March.&nbsp;</span><br /><span>So he grants himself three parting wishes: three &lsquo;Cool Things To Do Before I Cack It&rsquo;.</span><br /><span>It isn&rsquo;t a long list, but it is ambitious, and he doesn't have much time. But as Dylan sets out to make his wishes come true, he discovers that nothing &ndash; and no-one &ndash; is quite as he had previously supposed.<br /></span><br /><span>A story about life, death, love, sex and swearing, When Mr Dog Bites will take you on one *#@! of a journey . . .</span></p>",
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