{"product_id":"beauty-tips-from-moose-jaw-9781841956909","title":"Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eWill Ferguson has spent the past three years criss-crossing Canada: in a helicopter above the barren-lands of the sub-arctic; in a canoe with his four-year old son; on seaplanes; and on the Underground Railroad. Ferguson's travels have taken him from Cape Spear on the coast of Newfoundland to the sun-dappled streets of Olde Victoria. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelving into Canada's history and landscape along the way, Ferguson's discoveries are fascinating and provocative. Funny, poignant and insightful, \u003ci\u003eBeauty Tips from Moose Jaw\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal tribute to a quirky and enthralling country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Ferguson was born and raised in the former fur-trapping settlement of Fort Vermilion in the backwoods of northern Canada. Fortunately, he managed to escape, and he has since travelled throughout Latin America and East Asia. Indeed, he prides himself on having gotten utterly and hopelessly lost in more than a dozen exotic locales, including Ecuador, Peru, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Korea, and Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'How I ever became a travel writer is beyond me, ' he confesses. 'I have absolutely no sense of direction.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFerguson has a BFA in screenwriting from York University, Toronto. His first three books were plucked from the slush pile: he is the author of the satirical bestseller \u003ci\u003eWhy I Hate Canadians\u003c\/i\u003e, which was all but banned from export (though it can be ordered online at chapters.ca, he advises), and his other works include a nuts-and-bolts traveller's bible, \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a humorous expos� about his experience in a misguided drunken government youth program, entitled \u003ci\u003eI Was a Teenage Katima-victim!\u003c\/i\u003e He has also written an insightful and highly scientific political analysis: \u003ci\u003eBastards \u0026amp; Boneheads\u003c\/i\u003e (it was a study of our leaders).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485844672786,"sku":"9781841956909","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f78ff878-94c9-469b-9b86-088f42cbf1e5.jpg?v=1730412377","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beauty-tips-from-moose-jaw-9781841956909","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}