{"product_id":"9780007445448_mistakes-in-the-background","title":"Mistakes in the Background","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeast your eyes on a treasury of words and illustrations from one of the most exciting young talents around, recently voted by The Times as one of the top ten literary talents of 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter the weird and wonderful world of Laura Dockrill …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI draw like a left-handed baby, I can hardly spell my own name and watching me use a glue-stick is a bit like watching a large bear trying to ram his own head into a pocket-sized cat-flap …no, really.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut once the book is finished, when I can see the pages coming together, getting thicker and thicker, detailed and covered with stories and my imagination recorded on pages …everything at last makes sense (to me at least).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI did this because I have got things to say. I've got pictures I want you to see and characters I want you to meet – the crying ice-skating boy, the Rolf Harris obsessive, the rude girl in McDonalds with the chocolate milkshake and the try-hard Mighty Boosh watching mum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't keep a diary. I think they’re crap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is much more than a diary. This is my map.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laura Dockrill, Illustrated by Laura Dockrill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284730691733,"sku":"9780007445448","price":13.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007445448.png?v=1776992240","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007445448_mistakes-in-the-background","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}