{"product_id":"sax-burglar-blues","title":"Sax Burglar Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot so much a discovery as a re-discovery, \u003cb\u003eRobert Walton\u003c\/b\u003e’s new book of poems,\u003ci\u003e Sax Burglar Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, is his first full collection since winning a Welsh Arts Council Prize in the 70s. After a working life as a teacher, Walton has resurrected his artistic gifts, and years of experience give his work both a spiky mien and an artful complexity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with memory, incident, observation, opinion, humour, outrage and elegy, this collection benefits hugely from the author’s years of experience. Subjects include: woodlice, jazz, teachers, grandparents, a canary who runs for President, Sisley’s lovely painting of the Gower, the iconoclastic poet John Tripp, a night bus named after Dusty Springfield, the beauty of an Ash tree in spring, a Dad who loves Cardiff City, the austere beauty of a Bristol church, the annoying closure of bookshops and much more!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57389891486078,"sku":"NW9781781724088","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781781724088.jpg?v=1778635254","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/sax-burglar-blues","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}