{"product_id":"9781399602433-apples","title":"Apples","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cult classic debut novel, re-launched as part of a White Rabbit repackage of Richard Milward's work to support his first new novel in a decade. \u003ci\u003eApples \u003c\/i\u003eis a shocking, tender and funny debut novel from a twenty-one year old, telling the story of housing estate teens Adam and Eve. Skins meets Trainspotting in Middlesbrough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We got a McDonald's the night my mam got lung cancer.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a distraction from sleazy male admirers, spiteful classmates and her mother's cancer, Eve's eyes are opened to a multicolour life of one-night stands, drug-fuelled discos and cheap booze. She barely has time to notice the reclusive, obsessive-compulsive Adam. Adam, however, notices Eve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrated alternately by Adam and Eve alongside a cast of delinquents, foetuses and butterflies, \u003ci\u003eApples\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the sickly-sweet turmoil of growing up and the hazards of getting 'fucked as quick as you can'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 2007 and reissued now by White Rabbit, \u003ci\u003eApples\u003c\/i\u003e arrived like a meteor on the literary landscape with Milward barely out of his teenage years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40748759154785,"sku":"9781399602433","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33674422.jpg?v=1744336880","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399602433-apples","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}