{"product_id":"9780987164803","title":"Griffith REVIEW Single: Looking Back, a self-portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed award-winning author Lloyd Jones looks back at how rugby shaped his childhood, his worldview and his adult sensibilities. From childhood games in the suburbs of Wellington, to a reverence for the mythical members of the All Blacks, rugby provided a vast and complex sense of place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Lloyd is best known for his novel \u003ci\u003eMister Pip\u003c\/i\u003e which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is also known for the \u003ci\u003eBook of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e which is a fictionalized account of the All Blacks' 1905 trip to England, which rocketed the team to fame. This memoir originally appeared in \u003ci\u003eGriffith REVIEW 33: Such Is Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118987329776,"sku":"9780987164803","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780987164803_p0.jpg?v=1763882315","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780987164803","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}