{"product_id":"9781787331952-time-for-lights-out","title":"Time For Lights Out","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his customary pose as the grumpiest of grumpy old men, Raymond Briggs contemplates old age and death… and doesn’t like them much.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his customary pose as the grumpiest of grumpy old men, Raymond Briggs contemplates old age and death. and doesn't like them much.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beloved genius of storytelling and illustration\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with Briggs's inimitable pencil drawings, \u003ci\u003eTime for Lights Out \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of short pieces, some funny, some melancholy, some remembering his wife who died young, others about the joy of grandchildren, of walking the dog. He looks back at his schooldays and his time as an evacuee during the war, and remembers his parents and the house in which he grew up. But most, like this one, are about his home in Sussex:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking round this house,\u003cbr\u003eWhat will they say,\u003cbr\u003eThe future ghosts?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere must have been\u003cbr\u003eSome barmy old bloke here,\u003cbr\u003eLong-haired, artsy-fartsy type,\u003cbr\u003eDid pictures for kiddy books\u003cbr\u003eOr some such tripe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou should have seen the stuff\u003cbr\u003eHe stuck up in that attic!\u003cbr\u003eSnowman this and snowman that,\u003cbr\u003eTons and tons of tat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451575972214,"sku":"9781787331952","price":22.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32377202.jpg?v=1760463070","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787331952-time-for-lights-out","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}