{"product_id":"9781837261895","title":"Awaydays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI am the product of a blank generation. I live for kicks. I live for me.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirkenhead, 1979. The Pack, a violent mob of Stanley-knife-wielding football hooligans, follow their team across the Northern wastelands to their away games – earning a reputation as the nastiest crew in the Third Division. For the young working-class men with no way out, their lives revolve around the fashion, the music and the mayhem. But for two of them, Carty and Elvis, escaping towards a different future might mean leaving each other behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuickly gaining cult status when first published, \u003ci\u003eAwaydays \u003c\/i\u003eis both a powerful evocation of a time and a culture, and a poignant coming-of-age story about finding your identity, escaping your circumstances and the unspoken intensity of male friendships.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kevin Sampson","offers":[{"title":"Canongate Books |  Paperback \/ softback | B-format paperback |  2024-10-08","offer_id":45663870451967,"sku":"9781837261895","price":22.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_69794920-c622-4105-bf17-80a7ed875914.jpg?v=1718395825","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781837261895","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}