{"product_id":"dirt-9780099464440","title":"Dirt","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Buford\u003c\/b\u003e has been a writer and editor for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 1995.  Before that he was the editor of \u003ci\u003eGranta \u003c\/i\u003emagazine for  sixteen years and, in 1989, became the publisher of Granta Books. He is also  the author of \u003ci\u003eHeat \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmong the Thugs\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, grew up in  California, and was educated at UC Berkeley and Kings College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Marshall Scholarship for his work on Shakespeare's  plays and sonnets. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jessica Green, and  their two sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor a rip-roaring account of French food culture and the dos and don'ts of working in a kitchen, look no further.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Olivia Marks * Vogue *The Best Food Writing For Autumn 2020* *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugely enjoyable... Buford's patience and composure are remarkable, his reportage illuminating.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Roger Lewis * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book may well be an even greater pleasure than its predecessor... Delightful, highly idiosyncratic.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lisa Abend * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuford is excellent company - candid, self-deprecating and insatiably, omnivorously interested... [I] wolfed it down.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Orlando Bird * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI adore Buford's enthusiasm, which is unstinting, endlessly curious and absolutist in the best sense.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47832641798487,"sku":"9780099464440","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099464440.jpg?v=1710336266","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dirt-9780099464440","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}