{"product_id":"blast-from-the-past","title":"Blast from the past","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eReady to follow Nick Hornsby and Helen Fielding as the next big thing from Cool Britannia to hit America is Ben Elton. Already known to a wide public television audience as the funnyman behind \"Blackadder, The Young Ones,\" and \"The Thin Blue Line,\" Elton, author of \"Popcorn,\" lights up the literary sky with Blast from the Past.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePart noir thriller, part hilarious send-up of the politics of extremism, Blast from the Past is the New novel from English comedy phenomenon (stand-up, playwright, television writer, and author) Ben Elton--a name soon to be known in all circles once Joel Schumacher's film of his book Popcorn reaches the silver screen.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the early 80s, when Polly was a seventeen-year-old ideological peace protestor and Jack was a U.S. Army captain stationed at England's Greenham Common, the two had a secret and very unlikely affair. No two people could have had more to argue about, save that they couldn't live without each other, yet one day Jack came to the conclusion that he loved soldiering more than Polly and sacrificed their love to be a career army man.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow, sixteen years later, Polly is a lonely thirty-something social services employee and Jack is a four-star general who has returned to Britain to find her, his only true love. With only one night to resolve their differences, and a knife-wielding stalker lurking in the shadows, for everyone concerned this will be a night like no other.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":43880247787777,"sku":"2SABPKIRL-Used","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/51bayVKDISL._SX288_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1664784083","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/blast-from-the-past","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}