{"product_id":"the-swimmer-the-wild-life-of-roger-deakin","title":"The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoger Deakin is best known for his modern classic of nature writing  Waterlog  which frog-kicked the wild swimming movement into existence with wit  politics and poetry.  But he was not simply a dazzling writer and eccentric Englishman. He took his counterculture to the countryside in the 1970s and rebuilt a 16th century farmhouse from its oak beams up. He turned to self-sufficiency  teaching and environmentalism. He became a music impresario and made films  radio programmes and hundreds of friends from all classes - aristocrats  poachers  actors  builders  musicians  tearaways  from city and from town. He was a polymath  an enthusiast  an adventurer  a romantic and rebel.  Roger Deakin was unique  and so too is this joyful work of creative biography  told primarily in the words of the subject himself  with support from a chorus of friends  family  colleagues  lovers and neighbours. Delving deep into Roger Deakins library of words  Patrick Barkham draws from notebooks  diaries  letters  recordings  published work and early drafts  to conjure his voice back to glorious life in these pages.  Patrick Barkhams biography follows Roger Deakins tree of life  from roots to fruits  revealing the inner life of an extraordinary man.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44956131033141,"sku":"ByrdShop_0241471478","price":50.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780241471470.jpg?v=1770316983","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-swimmer-the-wild-life-of-roger-deakin","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}