{"product_id":"9780972103510","title":"The Rueful Hippopotamus: and Other Light Verse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese entertaining verses reveal what hippos say to each other, how hairy apes conduct their affairs, how God lost the planet, and why hotel beds are so annoying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short volume of a hundred pages, the book is organised in four sections - Whimsy, Everyday Life, Personal to Me, and A Contrarian's View - all of which allow the author to range over many diverse subjects, sometimes with tongue in cheek, sometimes with self-deprecation, and sometimes - more seriously - protesting the state of the world we live in. The book, designed to be light bedtime reading, may put a smile on your face; alternatively, it might make you think in a new way about our contemporary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByD Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49997591806192,"sku":"9780972103510","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780972103510","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}