{"product_id":"the-end-of-the-road-jack-cooke-9780008294717","title":"The End of the Road: A Journey Around Britain in Search of the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved \u003cem\u003eThe Treeclimbers Guide\u003c\/em\u003e, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous - and not so famous - tombs, graves and burial sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, he launches a daredevil trespass into Highgate Cemetery at night, stumbles across the remains of the Welsh Druid who popularised cremation and has time to sit and ponder the imponderables at the graveside of the Lady of Hoy, an 18th century suicide victim whose body was kept in near condition by the bog in which she was buried. A truly unique, beautifully written and wonderfully imagined book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0008294712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008294717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mudlark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.85h x 5.25w x 0.81d","brand":"Jack Cooke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988715897087,"sku":"9780008294717","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50794369-2f28-4ddc-9cee-905b11d3c7f8.jpg?v=1683295979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-end-of-the-road-jack-cooke-9780008294717","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}