{"product_id":"the-wipers-times","title":"The Wipers Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling facsimile reproduction of the famed trench newspaper of the First World War - a unique portrait of life on the wartime frontline. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecades ahead of the amusing but distorting buffoonery of Blackadder Goes Forth, this complete edition of the Wipers Times, the famed trench newspaper of the First World War, is an extraordinary mix of black humour, fake entertainment programmes and pastiche articles, and constitutes a unique record of life on the wartime frontline. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom its long-running cartoon pun (Are We Being Offensive Enough?) to its brilliantly subversive column Things We Want to Know (the name of the officer who originated the idea), its hilarious spoof ads to its pastiche fake contributors (Belary Helloc), this complete facsimile edition of the Wipers Times, produced to accompany the BBC dramatization, is a historical masterpiece that enables us to sample the real spirit of the trenches . . . from the safety of our armchairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you can drink the beer the Belgians sell you,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd pay the price they ask with ne'er a grouse,\u003cbr\u003e\nIf you believe the tales that some will tell you,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd live in mud with ground sheet for a house,\u003cbr\u003e\nIf you can live on bully and a biscuit,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd thank your stars that you've a tot of rum,\u003cbr\u003e\nDodge whizzbangs with a grin, and as you risk it\u003cbr\u003e\nTalk glibly of the pretty way they hum. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Osprey Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56048160997754,"sku":"ZOS-9781472834225","price":10.64,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/The-Wipers-Times.jpg?v=1760976660","url":"https:\/\/zatu.com\/en-fr\/products\/the-wipers-times","provider":"Zatu Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}