{"product_id":"rain-later-good-by-peter-collyer-9781408178577","title":"Rain Later, Good","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRain Later, Good\u003c\/i\u003e is the award-winning story of Peter Collyer's extraordinary journey around the Shipping Forecast areas. The Shipping Forecast is a national institution, relied upon by mariners but also strangely comforting and poetic to landlubbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1998 to great acclaim, \u003ci\u003eRain Later, Good\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen by the RNLI to celebrate their 175th anniversary and has since sold over 25,000 copies. Fifteen years later, this gorgeous book will be available in paperback for the first time, completely revised and updated, with several new paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Collyer's brilliant and detailed paintings offer a series of images which help conjure up the most mythical locations, whilst his delightful idiosyncratic text provides a wealth of fascinating insights. He introduces us to the people who live and work in these areas and passes on snippets of tantalising information to give a powerful impression of the place and convey a real feeling of being there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe beautiful paintings from his travels truly capture the spirit of these wild and isolated spots, and this new edition includes new paintings, sketches, and up-to-date text. This is a much-loved book celebrating an iconic broadcast, and its reissue will be welcomed by Peter's many admirers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A very remarkable painter. His work is simply stunning with an observed intensity which makes him very special indeed.'\u003c\/em\u003e Chris Beetles in \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The most delightful and unexpected book I've encountered this year... a wonderful book.'\u003c\/em\u003e John Naughton, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'He is not only a marvellous, delicate draughtsman and watercolourist... but a drily observant writer and amateur naturalist.'\u003c\/em\u003e Libby Purves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597567443180,"sku":"9781408178577","price":52.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781408178577-rain-later-good.jpg?v=1777957816","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/rain-later-good-by-peter-collyer-9781408178577","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}