{"product_id":"england-and-eternity","title":"England and Eternity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA teasing but affectionate celebration of cricket through the ages, written by one of Ireland's greatest living critics. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCricket is the strangest game. It features idealism, brutality, low comedy, high intelligence, luck and sheer bravery in equal measure – and often achieves the condition of art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeclan Kiberd's remarkable book is a celebration of cricket through the ages, and of the peculiarities of the people who love and play it. He evokes brilliantly what it is like to be 'out there' on the field of play. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the modern game is rooted in the gentle rural England described by LP Hartley and George Orwell, it has in its more modern versions come to reflect the industrial power and intermittent violence of modern life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEngland and Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e is a teasing but affectionate study of the genius of the English people as seen from a postcolonial perspective – and of the game which was one of their richest, oddest and most lasting gifts to the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507898098037,"sku":"9781788548182","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781788548182.jpg?v=1787043041","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/england-and-eternity","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}