{"product_id":"9781786931368","title":"Long Journey to Jimbopo","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Lettice was born in Wigan in 1940, a wartime baby. His cheery autobiography takes us through his short but eventful army career. A young man with a spectacular talent for getting into trouble, James' senior officers couldn't decide whether he was a leader or a follower and soon his name went before him as he made his mark on friends, colleagues and officers. His many escapades during his time as a 'bad soldier' make for lively reading, including numerous spells in jail, being ordered to 'thumb a lift' to Borneo, causing competitive bed-wetting and picking up ladyboys in Malaya. Eventually the army had enough of him and sent James and his drink problem home, where he met Jaci and started a family before reaching rock bottom. Much later in life, after a wake-up call, he began to write poems, some of which feature in this very enjoyable book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austin-Macauley Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039138431216,"sku":"9781786931368","price":8.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786931368_p0.jpg?v=1763738036","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786931368","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}