{"product_id":"the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-patrick-mangan-9780994507327","title":"The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Gunner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A wonderful book - I was helplessly absorbed' - Bill Bryson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his memoir \u003cem\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Gunner\u003c\/em\u003e, former football journalist Patrick Mangan relives the agony and the ecstasy of growing up in rural Australia in the 1970s as an Arsenal-FC-supporting English immigrant cast helplessly adrift from the mother country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Nick Hornby's \u003cem\u003eFever Pitch\u003c\/em\u003e set among the gum trees and the dust, this is the tale of a scrawny Pommy kid falling desperately in love with the world game and the Gunners, as well as his unrelenting - occasionally unfathomable - crusade to convert the pagans of the Aussie outback to his noble cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Utterly beguiling' - Geraldine Doogue, Radio National, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Exuberant and self-deprecating' - \u003cem\u003eThe Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dead-set fantastic - I think it's the fastest I've ever read a book' - Santo Cilauro, co-host of \u003cem\u003eSanto, Sam and Ed's Total Football\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published as \u003c\/em\u003eOffsider\u003cem\u003e by Melbourne University Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Mangan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0994507321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780994507327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Mangan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.61d","brand":"Patrick Mangan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48748315410687,"sku":"9780994507327","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-patrick-mangan-9780994507327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}