{"product_id":"9780349112060-a-tall-man-in-a-low-land","title":"A Tall Man In A Low Land","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome Time Among the Belgians\u003cbr\u003e* Subtitled 'SomeTime Amongst the Belgians', Harry Pearson's third book is a hilarious mixture of history, travel-writing and low-grade buffoonery.\u003cbr\u003eMost British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three.  Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp, safe and of legendary banality: Belgium.  But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull?  Pearson lived there for several months, burying himself in the local culture.  He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips.  In one restaurant the house speciality was 'Hare in the style of grandmother'.  'I didn't order it.  I quite like hare, but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret.'  A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels. No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians. Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is  more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451409740150,"sku":"9780349112060","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28731617.jpg?v=1760462421","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349112060-a-tall-man-in-a-low-land","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}