{"product_id":"a-pirate-life-by-ken-bolton-9780648917656","title":"A Pirate Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author's playfulness is to the fore in this strange, charming book. It is a game which invites the reader to roll the dice, take a card from the deck, gain points, lose a turn, and, one way or another, advance around a notional game board: a pirate's world of exotic ports, risky encounters, escapades, wonders and the routine of shipboard life, always in the presence of the moody, changeable sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Pirate Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a board game for the impossibly bored, is a tangy, buoyant ahoy. It is a game which invites the reader to roll the dice, take a card from the deck—short, shuffle-able blocks of prose are an avant-garde tradition—gain points, lose a turn, and, one way or another, advance around a notional board: a pirate's world of exotic ports, risky encounters, escapades, wonders and the routine of shipboard life. Cultural references bounce around, with jokes aplenty for the cognoscenti.\" - Nicholas Jose\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340630606060,"sku":"9780648917656","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/450553482419.jpg?v=1772161836","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-pirate-life-by-ken-bolton-9780648917656","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}