{"product_id":"9780349112060-a-tall-man-in-a-low-land-some-time-among-the-belgians","title":"A Tall Man In A Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three.  Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp, safe and of legendary banality: Belgium.  But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull   Pearson lived there for several months, burying himself in the local culture.  He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips.  In one restaurant the house speciality was 'Hare in the style of grandmother'.  'I didn't order it.  I quite like hare, but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret.'  A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels. No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians. Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is  more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48979938148571,"sku":"9780349112060","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a037039f-c048-4526-b700-1a4336e8da80_470738d2-6d99-4fa7-913c-62dfef56db42.jpg?v=1784220522","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780349112060-a-tall-man-in-a-low-land-some-time-among-the-belgians","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}