{"product_id":"something-to-declare","title":"Julian Barnes: Something to Declare [2002] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJulian Barnes's long and passionate relationship with France began more than forty years ago. As sceptical observer on family motoring holidays, assistant in a school in Brittany, student of the language and literature, author of \u003ci\u003eFlaubert's Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCross Channel\u003c\/i\u003e, he has criss-crossed the country and its culture. The essays collected here, written over a twenty-year period, attest to his clear-eyed appreciation of the Land Without Brussels Sprouts. He ranges widely, from landscape to literature, food to Flaubert, film and song to the Tour de France. His humour, timing and intelligence never falter. When Picador published his \u003ci\u003eLetters from London\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e called him 'our finest essayist'. \u003ci\u003eSomething to Declare\u003c\/i\u003e confirms that judgement: it is a great literary delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Julian Barnes seems to have done more for Anglo-French relations than anyone since Edward VII' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'The French revere Julian Barnes - and we, I think, quite wrongly, just admire him' Joanna Trollope\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes, Julian","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52192115491155,"sku":"9780330489164","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52192115458387,"sku":"XV80330489164","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47663973237075,"sku":"XG80330489164","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/barnes-julian-julian-barnes-something-to-declare-2002-paperback-1199307670.jpg?v=1761224249","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/something-to-declare","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}