{"product_id":"9781780601380","title":"Coasting","description":"Author: Jonathan Raban\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781780601380\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Eland Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A valuable book and a necessary one. One of the funniest and cleverest voyages on record.' Christopher Hitchens, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The finest writer afloat since Conrad.' Geoffrey Moorhouse, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unfailingly witty and entertaining.' Salman Rushdie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoasting round Britain single-handed in an antique two-masted sailing boat, Jonathan Raban conducts a masterly exploration of England and the English at the time of Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands War. He moves seamlessly between awkward memories of childhood as the son of a vicar, a vivid chronicle of the shape-shifting sea and incisive descriptions of the people and communities he encounters. As he faces his terror of racing water, eddies, offshore sandbars and ferries on a collision course, so he navigates the complex and turbulent waters of his own middle age. Coasting is a fearless attempt to discover the meaning of belonging and of his English homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852897341598,"sku":"ADS-9781780601380","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781780601380.jpg?v=1779064515","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781780601380","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}