{"product_id":"9780141933023","title":"Pub Walks in Underhill Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePub Walks in Underhill Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by Nat Segnit is a cunning, hilarious and heartbreaking novel that takes the form of a guide for walkers but is really a whole lot more . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Start by turning right out of the main entrance of Malvern Link railway station . . .'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins Graham Underhill's guide to rambling in the West Midlands. But  it is not many yards before Graham has gone completely off track, all  but abandoning the route ahead to exult in his love for his beautiful if  headstrong wife Sunita.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way Graham treats us to his  intemperate views on mountain bikers, litter louts, landscape  photographers, and the Highways Agency, who are intent on building a  bypass through his home. At least he has Sunita. Or does he? With each  walk it becomes clearer that the paths of Underhill Country lead into treacherous terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'If Vladimir Nabokov had written episodes of \u003ci\u003eThe Archers\u003c\/i\u003e (with a little script advice from W G Sebald), then he might just have struck a note that chimed with the peculiar music of this beguiling first novel'  \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A metafictional escapade . . . has both Nabokov and Alan Partridge as its forebears'  \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Has echoes of Mike Leigh's best films and Paul Torday's smash debut, \u003ci\u003eSalmon Fishing in the Yemen'  Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNat Segnit lives in London. His journalism and stories have appeared in several national newspapers, and his play, \u003ci\u003eDolphin Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e, and two co-written comedy series, \u003ci\u003eStrangers on Trains\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e, were broadcast on Radio 4. \u003ci\u003ePub Walks in Underhill Country\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119850242288,"sku":"9780141933023","price":11.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141933023_p0.jpg?v=1763655875","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141933023","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}