{"product_id":"from-scenes-like-these","title":"From Scenes Like These","description":"Shortlisted for the first ever Booker Prize\n'A masterpiece' – Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain\n'An extraordinary novel' – Michael Magee, author of Close to Home\n'It deserves its modern classic status' – The Times\nIt’s the west of Scotland in the 1950s. New houses are going up. Factories are opening.\nBut Dunky Logan, a 15-year-old brought up in a tenement flat in working-class Kilcaddie, is ditching school to be a labourer on a local farm. Dead set on becoming a hard case, he wants to work shoulder to shoulder with so-called real men.\nIrish Catholic Mary O’Donnell arrives at the farmhouse as the new maid. She is pregnant - no boyfriend in sight. But she’s smart, and she has a plan to get herself up in the world.\nAs Dunky is swallowed up by a vicious cycle of violence, betrayal, and booze, Mary becomes entangled in a savage family feud.\nNow there’s no going back, not for either of them.\nWith an introduction by James Robertson.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1035073560\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1035073560.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Williams, Gordon M.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43520591527997,"sku":"BVV.1035073560.G","price":9.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1035073560-0.jpg?v=1787779081","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/from-scenes-like-these","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}