{"product_id":"stranger-thingies-by-john-birmingham-9781742235592","title":"Stranger Thingies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're so good, and so funny, there has been no barrel-scraping involved. Really, \u003cem\u003eStranger Thingies\u003c\/em\u003e could have been much longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces contained within these pages run the gamut from the early felafel days to the shiny age we live in where Donald Trump is the President of the USA. And it does not shy away from the greatest controversy of our age: potato cake vs. potato scallop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese hilarious pieces cover a wide range of topics from food to fitness and politics to pork, in all its glories. And, of course, fashion. Ever the equal opportunist, John Birmingham skewers them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eListen to John Birmingham in discussion with Jon Faine on ABC's \u003cem\u003eThe Conversation Hour\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998632202476,"sku":"9781742235592","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8257603482808.jpg?v=1763223785","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/stranger-thingies-by-john-birmingham-9781742235592","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}