David Walliams's Bad Dad beats Jamie Oliver to Christmas No 1

Children’s novel about a boy trying to break his father out of prison sells more than 60,000 copies in a week to secure top slot in festive book chartsDavid Walliams’s tale of a boy trying to break his father out of prison, Bad Dad, has beaten Jamie Oliver’s latest recipe collection to the top of the Christmas book charts.Walliams’s children’s novel sold 60,700 copies in the last week alone. It is the second year running the comedian has taken that the Christmas No 1, after The Midnight Gang headed the bestseller lists in 2016.Bad Dad by David Walliams Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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