{"product_id":"books-broadsword-calling-danny-boy-by-geoff-dyer","title":"'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed writer and critic Geoff Dyer, an extremely funny scene-by-scene analysis of \u003ci\u003eWhere Eagles Dare\u003c\/i\u003e - published as the film reaches its 50th anniversary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thrilling Alpine adventure starring a magnificent, bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a coolly anachronistic Clint Eastwood, \u003ci\u003eWhere Eagles Dare\u003c\/i\u003e  is the apex of 1960s war movies, by turns enjoyable and preposterous.  'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy' is Geoff Dyer's tribute to the film he  has loved since childhood: an analysis taking us from its  snowy, Teutonic opening credits to its vertigo-inducing climax. For those who have not even seen \u003ci\u003eWhere Eagles Dare,\u003c\/i\u003e this book is a comic tour-de-force of criticism. But for the  film's legions of fans, whose hearts will always belong to Ron  Goodwin's theme tune, it will be the fulfilment of a dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Geoff Dyer's funniest book yet. Who else would work in Martha Gellhorn on the first page of a book on the film \u003ci\u003eWhere Eagles Dare\u003c\/i\u003e?'  Michael Ondaatje\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of our greatest living critics, not of the arts but of life itself, and one of our most original writers' Kathryn Schulz, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54420434288913,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780141987620.jpg?v=1787577538","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-broadsword-calling-danny-boy-by-geoff-dyer","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}