{"product_id":"the-joy-of-pubs-9781907554827","title":"The Joy Of Pubs: Everything You Wanted To Know About Britain's Favourite Drinking Establishment","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing on in the same vain as \u003cem\u003eThe Joy of Sheds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Joy of Pubs\u003c\/em\u003e is an intoxicating publication detailing everything and anything you want to know about pubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing on in the same vain as \u003cem\u003eThe Joy of Sheds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Joy of Pubs\u003c\/em\u003e is an intoxicating publication detailing everything and anything you want to know about pubs. It celebrates the many facets of the traditional British pub over the years, with chapters on: Pub Characters, Pub Games, Pub Fiddles (how the licensee has shafted his customers over the years), Pub Teams and Pub History from Geoffrey Chaucer to Jeffrey Bernard.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eIt features the great pubs of literature - Robert Louis Stevenson's Admiral Benbow, Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn and Charles Dickens' The Grapes; the great pubs of film - The Crown Inn at Amersham (\u003cem\u003eFour Weddings and a Funeral\u003c\/em\u003e), the Crown Inn at Wells (\u003cem\u003eHot Fuzz\u003c\/em\u003e); the great pubs of TV - apart from the Rover's Return, Queen Vic and Woolpack.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eIt features tales of barring, of dodgy deals of riotous lock-ins and of strange hauntings. The perfect present for anyone who loves their pub or just the idea that they have a pub.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eWord count: 30,000\u003c\/p\u003eFrank Hopkinson is a photographer with a wide variety of commissions in books, websites and magazines. His most recent work for Pavilion Books has been for Puerto Rico Then and Now, Savannah Then and Now, Brooklyn Then and Now and Paris Then and Now.","brand":"Pavilion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42978216870054,"sku":"9781907554827","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9781907554827_1.jpg?v=1656106346","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/the-joy-of-pubs-9781907554827","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}