{"product_id":"9781784634056","title":"Smelling of Rooks : Nine Years in the Norfolk Alps - Signed Bookplate First Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Bernieres, Louis de | Norfolk \u003cbr\u003ePublished 21\/09\/2026 by Salt Publishing in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages, Not illustrated\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 27mm | 280g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned Bookplate First Edition - Hardback \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe People’s Book Prize 2027 Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin comes a candid, comic and irresistibly companionable portrait of a writer’s life in rural Norfolk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn from Louis de Bernières’s hugely popular Facebook posts written between 2015 and 2024, Smelling of Rooks gathers a decade of reflections, anecdotes and observations on everything from music, cats and motorcycles to politics, parenting and the perils of social media. It is a book about the texture of ordinary days, told with the warmth, eccentricity and mischief that have made de Bernières one of Britain’s most beloved storytellers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet against the rolling fields and modest peaks of what he calls the ‘Norfolk Alps’, this accidental memoir captures a writer at ease with his life, his readers and his absurdities. There are riffs on the pleasures of cooking and DIY, portraits of friends and neighbours, the escapades of his children, and the unpredictable joys of country living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once funny, tender and defiantly unfiltered, Smelling of Rooks shows Louis de Bernières as he really is – reflective, unpretentious and gloriously human. A celebration of family, friendship and the small wonders of daily life, it is a book to dip into, laugh with, and treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57737148367223,"sku":"9781784634056","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781784634056.jpg?v=1794402290","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781784634056","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}