{"product_id":"book-boc8","title":"Self-Help","description":"\u003cp\u003eW. W. Jacobs was best known for his humorous tales of sailors, often related by his most popular and enduring character: the night-watchman on the wharf in Wapping, recounting the preposterous adventures of his acquaintances Ginger Dick, Sam Small, and Peter Russet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese three characters, pockets full after a long voyage, would take lodgings together determined to enjoy a long spell ashore; but the crafty inhabitants of dockland London would soon relieve them of their funds, assisted by the sailors’ own fecklessness and credulity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this story, Sam Small meets a man in a pub who claims to be a detective in need of a sailor to help him catch a pickpocket. Ginger Dick and Peter Russet point out that the whole plot is a set-up which will result in Sam being robbed himself. Sam refuses to listen to them, so Ginger and Peter decide to take matters into their own hands …\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Door Audiobooks","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49385609986352,"sku":"BDboc8","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/307815-boc8-Square.jpg?v=1735139470","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-boc8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}