{"product_id":"the-clumsiest-people-in-europe-9781596911505","title":"The Clumsiest People in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaustic, cranky, and inadvertently hilarious, the bestselling Victorian author Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer rarely left the house-but that didn't stop her from writing several successful travel books. With volumes on Europe, Asia, and Africa and America, Mrs. Mortimer had something nasty to say about your ancestors, no matter where they had the misfortune of living. Todd Pruzan has assembled three of Mrs. Mortimer's very forgotten classics into one volume, \u003ci\u003eThe Clumsiest People in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, a wild tour through the comically and horrifyingly misinformed prejudices of a unique Victorian eccentric. \u003cbr\u003e\"Sublime in its peremptory dictate and overweening all-knowingness.\"-\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"To the modern eye, Mortimer's work-by turns unsettling and hilarious-is nothing short of a revolution in guidebook writing: here at last, is the irritable-bowel-syndrome-as-travelogue.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Weirdly appealing...Mrs. Mortimer is, at once, fascinating, hilarious and furious but always maddeningly entertaining.\"-\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"My favourite summer read this year...endlessly entertaining.\"-\u003ci\u003eToronto Globe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTodd Pruzan is an editor at the bimonthly design journal \u003ci\u003ePrint \u003c\/i\u003eand has been an editor and writer at several other magazines. He was born in \u003ci\u003eWashington, D.C\u003c\/i\u003e., and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTodd Pruzan \u003cb\u003eis an editor at the bimonthly design journal \u003ci\u003ePrint \u003c\/i\u003eand has been an editor and writer at several other magazines. He was born in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eD.C.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and lives in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855898644754,"sku":"9781596911505","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_102a12d9-abc4-43d3-b325-5140be2a90f9.jpg?v=1737488221","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-clumsiest-people-in-europe-9781596911505","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}