{"product_id":"9780241515006","title":"Shooting an Elephant","description":"\u003cp\u003e'It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism - the real motives for which despotic governments act'\u003cbr\u003eShooting an Elephant was the first piece of writing by George Orwell to be published by Penguin, in 1940. It is a searing and honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma: killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd, solely to avoid looking like a fool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+George+Orwell\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"George Orwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379641204899,"sku":"9780241515006","price":50.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780241515006_83e9d845-9e09-458e-a51c-1c5e0bb5685c.jpg?v=1776466233","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780241515006","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}