{"product_id":"darling-buds-of-may-h-e-bates-9780141029672","title":"Darling Buds of May","description":"'Home looks nice. Allus does though, don't it? Perfick'\nAnd so the Larkins - Pop, Ma, Mariette, Zinnia, Petunia, Primrose, Victoria and Montgomery - return from an outing for fish and chips and ice cream one May evening. There, amid the rustic charms of home, they discover a visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty's inspector of taxes.\nMr Charlton is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax - but nothing's that simple at the Larkins. Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living: the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragon's Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and hot, hot summer nights.\nIn fact, soon Charley can't see any reason to return to the office at all . . .","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52095333400864,"sku":"9780141029672","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780141029672.jpg?v=1785747523","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/darling-buds-of-may-h-e-bates-9780141029672","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}