{"product_id":"leaning-on-gates-9781804580370","title":"Leaning on Gates","description":"\u003cb\u003eSeamus O'Rourke's humorous memoir, capturing the slow-paced, absurd lives of rural Ireland in the '60s, '70s, and '80s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen actor, playwright and comedian Seamus O'Rourke first published \u003ci\u003eStanding in Gaps\u003c\/i\u003e in 2020 it found a wide audience amongst readers in rural Ireland. With a distinct talent for seeing the absurd in the ordinary, mundane lives of people who 'had nothing better to be at' and making it hilarious, \u003ci\u003eStanding in Gaps\u003c\/i\u003e manages to turn back time and transport the reader to a place where everything moved slowly - and in the Leitrim of the '60s, '70s and '80s, that means \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e slowly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this memoir about family, people and time, O'Rourke finds diamond-tipped-needles in bales of really bad hay, providing laughter and stories of mayhem for his many fans.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184740270354,"sku":"9781804580370","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17871831-57a7-47a6-bc69-8814cde269fe.jpg?v=1744571432","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/leaning-on-gates-9781804580370","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}