{"product_id":"9781738466726-punk-rock-birdwatching-club","title":"The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing his debut, \u003ci\u003eFlower Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Foster presents a new batch of psychedelicized, autofictive fairy tales from the Netherlands. \u003ci\u003eThe Punk Rock Birdwatching Club\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a diverse cast of voices, who narrate eight stories dealing with major social changes that occurred in this part of Europe during the mid-2000s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere have all the ravers gone? \u003c\/b\u003eFollowing his debut, \u003ci\u003eFlower Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Foster presents a new batch of psychedelicized, autofictive fairy tales from the Netherlands. \u003ci\u003eThe Punk Rock Birdwatching Club\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a diverse cast of voices - from addicts to grandmothers - who narrate eight stories dealing with the major social changes that country underwent during the mid-noughties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe learn of the upheavals brought on by the Euro and the influx of Polish workers alongside the slow disappearance of the British and Irish worker-raver tribes post-Schengen, all set against a backdrop of rising costs, political murders and foreign wars. We also learn of the shock of new party snacks, like asparagus sticks wrapped in ham. Like \u003ci\u003eFlower Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Punk Rock Birdwatching Club\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the southern part of the Dutch Bollenstreek: an agro-industrial district that is always changing, but somehow manages to stay exactly the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55260849930614,"sku":"9781738466726","price":10.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33620828.jpg?v=1744274536","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781738466726-punk-rock-birdwatching-club","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}