{"product_id":"narrow-dog-to-carcassonne-terry-darlington-9780385342087","title":"Narrow Dog to Carcassonne: Two Foolish People, One Odd Dog, an English Canal Boat...and the Adventure of a Lifetime","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"We could bore ourselves to death, drink ourselves to death, or have a bit of an adventure...\" \u003c\/i\u003eIt was absurd. It was foolhardy. And it was glorious. When they retired, Terry Darlington and his somewhat saner wife Monica--together with their dog, a whippet named Jim--chucked their earthbound life and set out in an utterly unseaworthy sixty-foot canal narrowboat across the notoriously treacherous English Channel and down to the South of France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAboard the \u003ci\u003ePhyllis May, \u003c\/i\u003e you'll dive through six-foot waves in the Channel and be swept down the terrible Rh ne. You'll meet the French nobody meets--poets, captains, scholars, madmen; they all want to know the couple on the painted boat and their narrow dog. You'll visit the France nobody knows--the backwaters of Flanders, the canals beneath Paris, and the forbidden routes to the wine-dark Mediterranean Sea. Aliens, trolls, gongoozlers, killer fish, and the walking dead all stand between our two-person, one-whippet crew and their goal: the ancient, many-towered city of Carcassonne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tale of travel, travail, dubious wine, a balky pump, and a boat built for only a few feet of water, this exuberantly inventive and hugely entertaining odyssey of the spirit, senses, and heart will enchant lovers of France, England, and all that lies between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry Darlington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 038534208X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385342087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam Dell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.22w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2008 pg. 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/25\/2008 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 44","brand":"Terry Darlington","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46024654029055,"sku":"9780385342087","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_639f77bc-ba1d-473f-89e4-caa3afba4165.jpg?v=1723128900","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/narrow-dog-to-carcassonne-terry-darlington-9780385342087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}