{"product_id":"9780955823800","title":"Forgive Us Our Press Passes","description":"Journalist, broadcaster and author IAN SKIDMORE collects rare books and fine wines by choice and unlikely anecdotes and engaging eccentrics almost by accident.\u003cp\u003eHis first, hilarious, account of such encounters was celebrated a quarter of a century ago in the first edition of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Liverpool Daily Post said its publication identified him as 'the successor to Tom Sharpe' and actor Ian Carmichael described it as 'a comic masterpiece'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWales on Sunday said it would be a 'hard act to follow'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was chosen as BBC Book of the Year, had the highest listening figures on Radio Four, and was read twice on the BBC Overseas Service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Daily Post described Ian Skidmore as Wales' funniest columnist, the Western Mail as 'a great eccentric'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, revisited, revised, and expanded to more than twice its original length it is being published in this special edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revel Barker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034545045744,"sku":"9780955823800","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780955823800_p0.jpg?v=1763867984","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780955823800","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}