{"product_id":"9781035091331-scottsboro","title":"Scottsboro","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn extraordinary, absorbing novel about an injustice that changed the world, shortlisted for the Orange Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, a novel inspired by the shocking true story of the Scottsboro boys.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEven after all these years, the injustice still stuns. Innocent boys sentenced to die, not for a crime they did not commit, but for a crime that never occurred. Lives splintered as casually as wood being hacked for kindling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlabama, 1931. A freight train is stopped in Scottsboro, nine black youths are brutally arrested and, within minutes, the cry of rape goes up from two white girls. In the shocking aftermath, one sticks to her story whilst the other keeps changing her mind, and an impassioned young journalist must try to save nine boys from the electric chair, one girl from a lie, and herself from the clutches of the past .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStirring racism, sexism and the politics of a divided America into an explosive brew, \u003ci\u003eScottsboro\u003c\/i\u003e gives voice to the victims - black and white - of this infamous case. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2009, Ellen Feldman’s classic charts a fight for justice during the burgeoning civil-rights movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55893359198582,"sku":"9781035091331","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41089751.jpg?v=1777629532","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035091331-scottsboro","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}