{"product_id":"my-my-my-life-alasdair-paterson-9781848617520","title":"My My My Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMy My My Life\u003c\/em\u003e Alasdair Paterson treats us to a cornucopia of existential titbits, real or imaginary - from questions of pirate and Pictish identity to riffs on twilight and the twilight years, via an involuntary appearance in a Breughel painting, the poetic output of a mad king and dinner in a Titanic-themed restaurant. And much more...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe smouldering heap throws off some sparks of native wit still, and one can only regret what great things might have been done had the author - at a vulnerable and unreflective age - not been seduced by thetrans-border mirage of adventures with regularly replenished bank deposits, freethinking in humid boudoirs and gaudy acts of worship, happy hours, roads less travelled, regional cheeses, spinsters cycling a wee bit the worse for drink through misty meadows to evensong, to say nothing of those modishly alleged cellular urgings to widen the gene pool... -The West Lothian Presbyter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beware, Mr Paterson! The \u003cem\u003eStornoway Puffin\u003c\/em\u003e has its eye on you!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cem\u003eStornoway Puffin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alasdair Paterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848617526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848617520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.16d","brand":"Alasdair Paterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440078401791,"sku":"9781848617520","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f9b675a-53ba-4a08-ac2d-b78fffd92903.jpg?v=1777180282","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-my-my-life-alasdair-paterson-9781848617520","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}