{"product_id":"the-search-for-the-perfect-pub-9781409139287","title":"The Search for the Perfect Pub","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1946  George Orwell  a man fond of a pint  wrote about his favorite pub  The Moon Under Water  in his Evening Standard column. But it didnt actually exist. It was Orwells vision of a perfect pub. Today  Wetherspoons have fourteen Moon Under Waters  and the nation is awash with identikit  high-street lounge bars competing for a dwindling clientele. Paul Moody and Robin Turners road trip around Britain  therefore  is not just a search for the perfect pub. It is a deeper investigation into what has happened to British pub culture  once the toast of the world. In fact  it is a search for a kind of life-force kindled by the British public  something the powers-that-be are forever trying to extinguish. Along the way  such luminaries as Pete Brown (\"the King of Beer\")  Tim Martin (Wetherspoons boss)  Iain Sinclair  James Dean Bradfield  and Paul Kingsnorth are consultedalong with a host of micro-brewers  landlords  politicians  bloggers  and barroom philosophers. What emerges is a picture of the country as seen through a pint glass  a vision that goes to the heart of what it means to be British.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924526006325,"sku":"ByrdShop_140913928X","price":100.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781409139287.jpg?v=1794135127","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-search-for-the-perfect-pub-9781409139287","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}