{"product_id":"pedro-and-ricky-come-again-1","title":"Pedro and Ricky Come Again","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Writing 1988–2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of the foremost prose stylists of his age’ Steven Poole, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, Jonathan Meades published a volume of reportorial journalism, essays, criticism, squibs and fictions called\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Knows What Dick Likes\u003c\/i\u003e. The critic James Wood was moved to write: ‘When journalism is like this, journalism and literature become one.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePedro and Ricky Come Again\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis every bit as rich and catholic as its predecessor. It is bigger, darker, funnier and just as impervious to taste and manners. It bristles with wit and pin-sharp eloquence, whether Meades is contemplating northernness in a German forest or hymning the virtues of slang.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the indefensibility of nationalism and the ubiquitous abuse of the word ‘iconic’, to John Lennon’s shopping lists and the wine they call Black Tower, the work assembled here demonstrates Meades’ unparalleled range and erudition, with pieces on cities, artists, sex, England, France, concrete, faith, politics, food, history and much, much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Ought to become a classic. An enshrinement of Meades’ intense baroque and catholic cleverness’ \u003cb\u003eRoger Lewis, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘There are more gems in this wonderful book than I could cram into a dozen of these columns’ \u003cb\u003eSimon Heffer, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Such a useful and important critic . . . He is very much on the reader’s side, bringing his full wit to bear on every single thing he writes’ \u003cb\u003eNicholas Lezard, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a0\"]' data-w-id=\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a0\"\u003ePaperback: 992pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a4\"]' data-w-id=\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a4\"\u003ePublished: Wilton Square (November 2025)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a8\"]' data-w-id=\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a8\"\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e9781800181427\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a0\"]' data-w-id=\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a0\"\u003eHardback: 992pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a4\"]' data-w-id=\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a4\"\u003ePublished: Wilton Square (November 2025)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a8\"]' data-w-id=\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a8\"\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e9781783529506\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilton Square","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58627798729088,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58627798761856,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/81swULhEurL._SL1500_f1aede3e-2bd7-4ee3-9e74-4a3991edc0bc.jpg?v=1785754346","url":"https:\/\/www.eye-books.com\/products\/pedro-and-ricky-come-again-1","provider":"Eye Books Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}