{"product_id":"9780099435549-secondhand-vintage-stuff","title":"Vintage Stuff","description":"A hilarious dose of British farce from Tom Sharpe, the bestselling author of Wilt and Porterhouse Blue.\n\nPeregrine Roderick Clyde-Brown is a bumbling, naive and savagely dim-witted teenager, who, as his name reveals, cannot possibly be exposed to the evils of a comprehensive school. However, with his penchant for taking even the most innocent command literally, no reputable school will accept the boy who, when told that he must turn over a new leaf, begins fondling the foliage. \n\nHis parents, with high hopes and a considerable amount of bribery money, search for anywhere that will take their 'late developer.' In a school that time forgot, Peregrine's 'talents' for taking orders and having no discernible individual thought seem perfect for a promising career in the upper ranks of the British Army. It is at Groxbourne that Peregrine meets Mr Gladstone, a man whose teaching style extends as far as using lashings to teach arithmetic. After Gladstone whisks the unquestioning boy off on a hysterical mystery, Peregrine ends up storming a French castle, where he unwaveringly commits mischief, mayhem and even murder!","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243008307419,"sku":"9780099435549-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3ec645b1-62dc-4255-97ac-7c3909c8e8be.jpg?v=1770730730","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780099435549-secondhand-vintage-stuff","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}