{"product_id":"the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-gunner-paperback","title":"The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Gunner - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Mangan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A wonderful book - I was helplessly absorbed' - Bill Bryson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his memoir \u003cem\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Gunner\u003c\/em\u003e, former football journalist Patrick Mangan relives the agony and the ecstasy of growing up in rural Australia in the 1970s as an Arsenal-FC-supporting English immigrant cast helplessly adrift from the mother country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Nick Hornby's \u003cem\u003eFever Pitch\u003c\/em\u003e set among the gum trees and the dust, this is the tale of a scrawny Pommy kid falling desperately in love with the world game and the Gunners, as well as his unrelenting - occasionally unfathomable - crusade to convert the pagans of the Aussie outback to his noble cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Utterly beguiling' - Geraldine Doogue, Radio National, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Exuberant and self-deprecating' - \u003cem\u003eThe Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dead-set fantastic - I think it's the fastest I've ever read a book' - Santo Cilauro, co-host of \u003cem\u003eSanto, Sam and Ed's Total Football\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published as \u003c\/em\u003eOffsider\u003cem\u003e by Melbourne University Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53849134891315,"sku":"9780994507327","price":21.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/2Xell7eWgt9780994507327.webp?v=1786568082","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-gunner-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}