{"product_id":"the-punk-rock-birdwatching-club","title":"The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003eBy Richard Foster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003eOrtac Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003ePaperback, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere have all the ravers gone\u003cb\u003e?\u003c\/b\u003e Following his debut, \u003ci\u003eFlower Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Foster presents a new batch of psychedelicized, autofictive fairy tales from the Netherlands. \u003ci\u003eThe Punk Rock Birdwatching Club\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a diverse cast of voices - from addicts to grandmothers - who narrate eight short stories dealing with the major social changes that country underwent during the mid-noughties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003eWe learn of the upheavals brought on by the Euro and the influx of Polish workers alongside the slow disappearance of the British and Irish worker-raver tribes post-Schengen, all set against a backdrop of rising costs, political murders and foreign wars. We also learn of the shock of new party snacks, like asparagus sticks wrapped in ham. Like \u003ci\u003eFlower Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Punk Rock Birdwatching Club\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the southern part of the Dutch Bollenstreek: an agro-industrial district that is always changing, but somehow manages to stay exactly the same. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003eRichard Foster is a writer and artist living in the Netherlands. Richard is best known as a writer for The Quietus and Louder than War, and for his work at the famous avant-garde cultural centre, WORM. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eFlower Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Ortac Press in 2022. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54976812384590,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0680\/6606\/files\/3j2rxx2c.png?v=1760430019","url":"https:\/\/eastbristolbooks.live\/products\/the-punk-rock-birdwatching-club","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}