{"product_id":"queenan-country-joe-queenan-9780312425210","title":"Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne semitropical Fourth of July, Joe Queenan's English wife suggested that the family might like a chicken vindaloo in lieu of the customary barbecue. It was this pitiless act of gastronomic cultural oppression, coupled with dread of the fearsome Christmas pudding that awaited him for dessert, that inspired the author to make a solitary pilgrimage to Great Britain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreed from the obligation to visit his wife's relations, as he had done for the first twenty-six years of their marriage, Queenan decided that he would not come back from Albion until he had finally penetrated the limey heart of darkness.\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a very funny, picaresque adventure that will appeal to anglophile and anglophobe alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Queenan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031242521X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312425210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 16","brand":"Joe Queenan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913662988543,"sku":"9780312425210","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d7a5b3a7-b3d2-4132-b370-522da55e4d72.jpg?v=1680621611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/queenan-country-joe-queenan-9780312425210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}