{"product_id":"tale-of-walter-the-pencil-man-9780957574717","title":"Tale of Walter the Pencil Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan McMillan and Tony Husband have worked together for many years, most recently on the comedy book \u003cem\u003eDaft Yorkshire Fairy Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (Dalesman, 2012; ISBN 9781855683105).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir latest collaboration tells the more sombre story  in six-line rhyming stanzas  of a young lad from a Yorkshire pit village who finds himself caught up in the horrors of the First World War. Surrounded by terrible slaughter, Walter records the things he sees around him with only a pencil and some paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIan McMillan\u003c\/strong\u003e presents The Verb on BBC Radio 3 every Friday night, and regularly appears on BBC Breakfast and BBC2''s Coast. His many books include the Smith\/Doorstop pamphlet \u003cem\u003eAh''ve Soiled Ma Breeks!\u003c\/em\u003e (2012; ISBN 9781906613808) and the verse autobiography \u003cem\u003eTalking Myself Home\u003c\/em\u003e (John Murray, 2008; ISBN 9781848540453).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Husband\u003c\/strong\u003e, several times named Cartoonist of the Year, draws ''The Yobs'' in \u003cem\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/em\u003e and has worked for the\u003cem\u003e Times,\u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eOldie,\u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smokestack Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406570791255,"sku":"9780957574717","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780957574717.jpg?v=1730496332","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tale-of-walter-the-pencil-man-9780957574717","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}