{"product_id":"coming-up-for-air-paperback","title":"Coming Up for Air - 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\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom George Orwell, the author of \u003cem\u003e1984 \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAnimal Farm, Coming Up for Air\u003c\/em\u003e is the classic, comic novel about the everyday struggles of the common man and a satiric look at the trappings of middle-class suburbia.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge \"Tubby\" Bowling is a middle-aged insurance salesman, a job at which he grimly excels, dutifully paying the mortgage on an average English suburban row house, and supporting an ungrateful family. As the years roll by, he comes to feel like a hostage to his wife and children, regarding them as wardens and himself as a prisoner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day, after winning some money from a bet at the races, George steals away from his family to visit the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is an accidental bombing by the RAF--the perfect ending to his failed escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A work of rare vigor and imagination.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Herald-Tribune Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.14 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755460452685,"sku":"9780156196253","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/OGZvYkx2blNiemp2Tkl4Mzg2ay96UT09.webp?v=1776718972","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/coming-up-for-air-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}