{"product_id":"tall-tales-the-verse-of-john-albert-best-9780980568424","title":"Tall Tales: The Verse of John Albert Best","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Long John Best\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bent Banana Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bent Banana Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDear Sir, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe wish to stop at your hotel, we will book in for a week, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you can only grant me, the permission that I seek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo allow my dog to stay with me, each evening, in my room. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough I realise I'm biased, he is well behaved and groomed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's the only family I have left, we're sad if we're alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have planned to leave the thirteenth, can you let me know by phone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe rang back, and said, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mate, I've run pubs for many years, and I cannot recall \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne dog stealing sheets or towels or pictures off the wall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I've never had to bounce one in the middle of the night, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor being drunk, disorderly and bunging on a fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd mate, no dog ever bolted with his hotel bill still due, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo if your furry friend'll vouch for you, why you'll be welcome too.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarrikin Australian bush\/cowboy poet Long John Best is a national champion in his field. Tall Tales is a retrospective of his comic poems with a serious edge and versa visa, serious poems with comic tinges. Included are new works. The old and the new gallop along with breezy rhythms, leaving mirth and nuggets of wisdom in their wake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bent Banana Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889276305559,"sku":"9780980568424","price":738.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780980568424.webp?v=1781175404","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tall-tales-the-verse-of-john-albert-best-9780980568424","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}