{"product_id":"2026200013012-secondhand-britannia-brights-bewilderment-in-the-wilderness-of-westminster","title":"Britannia Bright's Bewilderment In The Wilderness Of Westminster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the grand tradition of satirical verse, Britannia Bright's Bewilderment in the Wilderness of Westminster presents a razor-sharp political poem in rhyming couplets, casting a wide-eyed innocent — the eponymous Britannia Bright — into the baffling, self-serving corridors of British parliamentary power. Clive James, with his characteristic wit and precision, constructs a scathing yet playful portrait of Westminster's political machinations, using the classical form of the rhyming couplet to expose the absurdities of modern governance with surgical humour.\n\nJames, celebrated as one of the great literary wits of the twentieth century, brings to this work the same intelligence and irreverence that defined his celebrated television criticism and memoir writing, here turned squarely on the British political establishment. Accompanied by illustrations from Marc, the poem operates as both entertainment and indictment — a rare combination that leaves the reader simultaneously amused and unsettled. For anyone who has ever suspected that the theatre of Westminster is less about governance and more about performance, this is the work that confirms every suspicion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203277562075,"sku":"2026200013012-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/74becb69-0a18-4e67-ad34-c43744c7dca5.png?v=1788147286","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013012-secondhand-britannia-brights-bewilderment-in-the-wilderness-of-westminster","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}