{"product_id":"in-this-block-there-lives-a-slag-and-other-yorkshire-fables-9780007292905","title":"In This Block There Lives a Slag...: And Other Yorkshire Fables","description":"\u003cp\u003eA cracking collection of short stories from the author of the stupendous 'Swimmer'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the title story of this sharp, clever collection of short stories, an odd-job man arrives home to his Bradford council block to find a message waiting for one of its inhabitants...in ten-foot-high letters. With his white van and set of ladders, he's the chief suspect. But who is the mysterious Slag that has the whole street gossiping; and who has she hurt?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 'Wrestling Jacob', a lusty academic takes out his frustrations down on the farm every weekend, sparring with a fierce, strangely human ram. It's hard work being beaten up by a sheep, but he soon realizes that his girlfriends love to see him wrestle Jacob...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd in 'Coddock', there's a bold new chipshop owner in town. But who is he? And what do you get if you cross a cod with a haddock, anyway?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the backstreets of Bradford to dingy moorland pubs with ten-year-old jukeboxes, Bill Broady's bright new stories give Yorkshire a lick of new paint, with all of the searingly precise prose, wit and energy of his highly acclaimed first novel, 'Swimmer'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flamingo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780007292905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Bill Broady","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43228244148405,"sku":"9780007292905","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2bedba84-1c90-4995-992c-8e396970bfbd.jpg?v=1698722798","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-this-block-there-lives-a-slag-and-other-yorkshire-fables-9780007292905","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}