{"product_id":"standing-in-gaps","title":"Standing in Gaps","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘We hadn’t a clue ‘til we got the telly and then we wanted to be like \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDallas\u003cem\u003e. We were never happy, that we knew of. We were always longing for something else, so we kept doing the same. What we wouldn’t do to go back and give ourselves a good boot up the backside.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen actor, playwright and comedian Seamus O’Rourke first published \u003cem\u003eStanding in Gaps\u003c\/em\u003e in 2020 it found a wide audience amongst readers in rural Ireland. With a distinct talent for seeing the absurd in the ordinary, mundane lives of people who ‘had nothing better to be at’ and making it hilarious, \u003cem\u003eStanding in Gaps \u003c\/em\u003emanages to turn back time and transport the reader to a place where everything moved slowly – and in the Leitrim of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, that means \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c\/em\u003e slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir about family, people and time, O’Rourke finds diamond-tipped-needles in bales of really bad hay, providing laughter and stories of mayhem for his many fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew edition of the bestselling memoir about the comedy and calamity of growing up in Leitrim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55212844482947,"sku":"9781804581483","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/747a590a3623aaab7c09cd9dfe62ab15.jpg?v=1742994245","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/standing-in-gaps","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}