{"product_id":"what-rhymes-with-bastard-linda-robertson-9780007230211","title":"What Rhymes with Bastard?. Linda Robertson","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Linda Robertson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Fourth Estate (GB)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Fourth Estate (GB)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Human Sexuality (see also Social Science - Human Sexuality)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hilariously candid story of an unbelievably dysfunctional and disintegrating relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen her beloved Jack got banged up in a mental hospital after trying to sail down the Thames in a makeshift raft, Linda didn't take the hint. Instead, she married him and moved to San Francisco, where she planned to get ahead. Alas, her blue-skied visions hadn't included unemployment, arguments, or Jack's desire to sleep with as many women as he could get his hands on.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs romance turns to rot, our heroine pours her bile into song (but what does rhyme with 'bastard'..?), assembles a cabaret band and takes to the dark, sticky stages of the city's nightclubs. And there, amid a morass of strippers, magicians, artists and assorted weirdoes, she strives for the ultimate musical accolade: Ms Accordion San Francisco 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is, essentially, the story of how a very nice boyfriend became a plastered bastard and how Linda wrote some songs about it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate (GB)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891837911191,"sku":"9780007230211","price":1172.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780007230211.webp?v=1781184936","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/what-rhymes-with-bastard-linda-robertson-9780007230211","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}