{"product_id":"sore-sites","title":"Sore Sites","description":"\u003cp\u003eA selection of the author s iconoclastic weekly columns in Building Design is now made available, decorated with the author s own extremely bad drawings, to those without access to the benefits of the architectural trade press. Alighting on subjects broadly architectural, Self talks you through a trip on an opentop bus in London, a visit to Barratt Homes and marvels over the ugliness of Cologne. His targets and objects of affection are as diverse as Pictish broughs; the SIPSocracy and autogeddon; the dignity, or otherwise, of labor; and Norman Foster s plane. Will Self takes this opportunity to scratch at the sore places and follies of modern life  the Millennium Dome, the Diana cult, Berlin, the new Getty Center, the Cotswolds; to promote his heroes  J G Ballard, Thomas De Quincey, Julian Jaynes; and to share his observations on topics ranging from Eric Gill s dress sense (and exotic sexual practices) to his own experiences as a hod carrier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brand: Ellipsis London Pr Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334366970101,"sku":"DADAX1841660310","price":134.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/5137TEQ5F4L_c412ec3d-51ea-492f-b00f-28a111a581d0.jpg?v=1763964193","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/sore-sites","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}