{"product_id":"9781529361346","title":"Tall Tales and Wee Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn December 2018, after fifty years of belly-laughs, energy and outrage, Billy Connolly announced his retirement from live stand-up comedy. It had been an extraordinary career. When he first started out in the late sixties, Billy played the banjo in the folk clubs of Scotland. Between songs, he would improvise a bit, telling anecdotes from the Clyde shipyard where he'd worked. In the process, he made all kinds of discoveries about what audiences found funny, from his own brilliant mimes to the power of speaking irreverently about politics or explicitly about sex. He began to understand the craft of great storytelling. Soon the songs became shorter and the monologues longer, and Billy quickly became recognised as one of the most exciting comedians of his generation.\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+Billy+Connolly\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eBilly Connolly\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Billy Connolly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377297506467,"sku":"9781529361346","price":355.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781529361346_21ba93ae-8053-4baa-8b71-5a4603d9c639.jpg?v=1776565880","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781529361346","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}