{"product_id":"coasting-by-jonathan-raban-9781780601380","title":"Coasting","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA valuable book and a necessary one. One of the funniest and cleverest voyages on record.\u003c\/em\u003e — Christopher Hitchens, \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe finest writer afloat since Conrad.\u003c\/em\u003e — Geoffrey Moorhouse, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnfailingly witty and entertaining.\u003c\/em\u003e — Salman Rushdie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoasting\u003c\/em\u003e around Britain single-handed in an antique two-masted sailing boat, Jonathan Raban conducts a masterly exploration of England and the English at the time of Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands War. He moves seamlessly between awkward memories of childhood as the son of a vicar, a vivid chronicle of the shape-shifting sea, and incisive descriptions of the people and communities he encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs he faces his terror of racing water, eddies, offshore sandbars, and ferries on a collision course, so he navigates the complex and turbulent waters of his own middle age. \u003cem\u003eCoasting\u003c\/em\u003e is a fearless attempt to discover the meaning of belonging and of his English homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072162939116,"sku":"9781780601380","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26800213482821.jpg?v=1765082744","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/coasting-by-jonathan-raban-9781780601380","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}