{"product_id":"raising-steam-9780552170468","title":"Raising Steam","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office. A steaming, clanging new invention, driven by Dick Simnel, the man with t'flat cap and t'sliding rule, is drawing astonished crowds - including a few particularly keen young men armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaugh-out-loud funny...A chuffing wonderful book. * SFX *\u003cbr\u003eTerry Pratchett’s creation is still going strong after 30 years as Ankh-Morpork branches into the railway age…There are sly nods to the history of railways and a cheeky reference to \u003ci\u003eThe Railway Children\u003c\/i\u003e. Most aficionados, however, will be on the look-out for in-jokes and references from previous novels – of which there is no shortage…It is at the level of the sentence that Pratchett wins his fans. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe genius of Pratchett is that he never goes for the straight allegory. . .he remains one of the most consistently funny writers around; a master of the stealth simile, the time-delay pun and the deflationary three-part list. . .I could tell which of my fellow tube passengers had downloaded it to their e-readers by the bouts of spontaneous laughter. -- Ben Aaronovitch * The Guardian *","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735128617303,"sku":"9780552170468","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552170468.jpg?v=1723810037","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/raising-steam-9780552170468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}