{"product_id":"9781472945068","title":"The Beast, The Emperor and the Milkman","description":"\u003cp\u003eA journey through the wild madness of bicycle racing in Flanders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A joy.' - Ned Boulting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery nation shapes sport to test the character traits it most admires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman committed Belgophile and road cycling obsessive Harry Pearson takes you on a journey across Flanders, through the lumpy horizontal rain, up the elbow juddering cobbled inclines, past the fans dressed as chickens and the shop window displays of constipation medicines, as he follows races big, small and even smaller through one glorious, muddy spring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging over 500 years of Flemish and European history, across windswept polders, along back roads and through an awful lot of beer cafes, Pearson examines the characters, the myths, and rivalries that make Flanders a place where cycling is a religion and the riders its lycra-clad priests.\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+Harry+Pearson\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eHarry Pearson\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harry Pearson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377377034403,"sku":"9781472945068","price":415.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781472945068_3a3aa19d-8fc7-400d-ada3-cb8993e111d3.jpg?v=1776544340","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781472945068","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}