{"product_id":"2940154033661","title":"No Surprises Living in Devizes","description":"\u003cp\u003e9th Feb 2016, I don’t know what came over me as checked Facebook before my mid-morning nap; hard life I know. Saw this news post from a site I’d not heard of before, went by the name of Index: Wiltshire. I quickly despatched a message to them, without any real thought as to the implications of my actions. That moment of lunacy is why we are here today, with this book; all I can do is apologise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI asked if they needed any writers; dared them to take a chance, making it perfectly clear I had no experience in journalism. Did they listen? No, they just let me loose on a path; I had no idea where it led.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForward wind a year and No Surprises Living in Devizes has become a bit of a “thing,” the best description I can come up with. Every Sunday a new episode goes live like the unleashing of a crazed dragon on steroids. I face a plethora of responses and feedback; some are nice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s brute honesty in the causerie journalism doesn’t usually convey in this day and age. This stems from the fact I’m not a journalist. It also brings a straightforward view on life in our traditional market town, with wonky edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYeah it’s satire, something which soars over the heads of some like a B52. Yeah it’s a rant, playing a character more left wing then Jeremey Corbyn’s vest in a preponderance of conservative snobbery, and yeah, it’s very design is to turn your stomach after resting off your Sunday roast. But hey, I try to be pleasant.\u003cbr\u003eHere’s the thing I quickly learned, it’s impossible to find a weekly subject to rant about Devizes every week and if there is one surprise in Devize; it be art it be a rioght gard place and I’m gandeflanking yer shagger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo sit back, try to make yourself comfy, maybe take a stiff drink and enjoy what is principally just a collation of all the year’s No Surprises Living in Devizes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darren Worrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114076127472,"sku":"2940154033661","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154033661_p0.jpg?v=1764066722","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154033661","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}