{"product_id":"bob-s-china-six-years-countless-stories","title":"Bob’s China: Six Years, Countless Stories","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1460\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1371\"\u003eNot just a memoir—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1374\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1416\"\u003eRather, an afternoon with an old friend.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1419\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1460\"\u003eDry, clear-eyed, and a little absurd...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1538\"\u003eBob McLain went to China expecting to stay four months. He stayed six years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1718\"\u003eIn emails to family and friends, he chronicled a country changing before his eyes—and the daily absurdities of trying to live, teach, travel, eat, and occasionally survive there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1720\" data-end=\"1843\"\u003eTyphoons, bureaucrats, dubious menus, broken elevators, the Chinese FBI: Bob met each with a dry wit and a historian’s eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1964\"\u003eHe never set out to write a memoir. He simply noticed everything—and trusted the story, and the reader, to do the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Capricorn McLain Press","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - PPC","offer_id":68132789256496,"sku":"9798997742881","price":39.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9798997742881.jpg?v=1792476017","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/bob-s-china-six-years-countless-stories","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}