{"product_id":"9780007392537_in-this-block-there-lives-a-slag-and-other-yorkshire-fables","title":"In This Block There Lives a Slag…: And Other Yorkshire Fables","description":"\u003cp\u003eA cracking collection of short stories from the author of the stupendous ‘Swimmer’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title story of this sharp, clever collection of short stories, an odd-job man arrives home to his Bradford council block to find a message waiting for one of its inhabitants…in ten-foot-high letters. With his white van and set of ladders, he’s the chief suspect. But who is the mysterious Slag that has the whole street gossiping; and who has she hurt?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ‘Wrestling Jacob’, a lusty academic takes out his frustrations down on the farm every weekend, sparring with a fierce, strangely human ram. It’s hard work being beaten up by a sheep, but he soon realizes that his girlfriends love to see him wrestle Jacob…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in ‘Coddock’, there’s a bold new chipshop owner in town. But who is he? And what do you get if you cross a cod with a haddock, anyway?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the backstreets of Bradford to dingy moorland pubs with ten-year-old jukeboxes, Bill Broady’s bright new stories give Yorkshire a lick of new paint, with all of the searingly precise prose, wit and energy of his highly acclaimed first novel, ‘Swimmer’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Broady","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284836991125,"sku":"9780007392537","price":1.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007392537.png?v=1776992059","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007392537_in-this-block-there-lives-a-slag-and-other-yorkshire-fables","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}