{"product_id":"jackdaw-cake-norman-lewis-9781906011826","title":"Jackdaw Cake: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith dry, laconic wit, Norman Lewis remembers his transformation from stammering Welsh schoolboy to worldy wise, multilingual sergeant in the Intelligence Corps, on the cusp of becoming a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a calm, observant gaze from the start, the young Norman moves from Spiritualist parents in Enfield to live with supremely dotty aunts in Carmarthen, whose baking of a weekly cake to feed the jackdaws gives the book its title. Escaping his eccentric family by marrying the daughter of a Sicilian associate of the Mafia, Norman made a living as a wedding photographer and by dealing in cameras, while restoring and racing Bugattis for pleasure. Here we see his first journeys in Spain, Cuba and the Yemen and a wartime spent in Algeria, Sicily and Italy, all of which acted as an apprenticeship for his career as one of the twentieth century's greatest travel writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1906011826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781906011826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eland Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Norman Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483394257151,"sku":"9781906011826","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61e12cd5-338c-4f80-8aed-b6ff33c96944.jpg?v=1778038537","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jackdaw-cake-norman-lewis-9781906011826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}