{"product_id":"tall-man-in-a-low-land","title":"Tall Man In A Low Land","description":"Most 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.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319212384638,"sku":"NW9780349112060","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349112060.jpg?v=1778699743","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/tall-man-in-a-low-land","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}