{"product_id":"9781837261987-homework","title":"Homework","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first memoir from Geoff Dyer, author of \u003ci\u003eYoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It\u003c\/i\u003e, recollecting his childhood and coming of age in postwar Britain\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Geoff Dyer['s] voice is unmistakable' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intellectually playful and Stylistically distinctive' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Moving, atmospheric, trutheful, perceptive and hilariously funny' TESSA HADLEY\u003cbr\u003e'Perfect' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1958, the only child of a dinner lady and a sheet-metal worker, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by memories of shortages and the Second World War. But far from being a story of hardship overcome, \u003ci\u003eHomework\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of opportunities afforded by the post-war settlement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt captures his time at primary school - discovering the tactile delights of Airfix, the combative seasons of conkers and plagues of verrucas at the local swimming baths. Then, at eleven, comes the crux, the exam that decided the future of generations of British school kids: splitting them between secondary modern and grammar schools. One of the lucky winners, Dyer goes to Cheltenham Grammar School to face the tribulations of teenage life - sport, gig-going, romantic fumblings, fights (well, getting punched in the face) - and other misadventures a place where he develops a love of literature (and beer and prog rock). At the threshold of university, Dyer gets his first intimations that a short geographical journey - just forty miles up the A40 - might drastically change the trajectory of his life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecalling an eroded but strangely resilient England, \u003ci\u003eHomework \u003c\/i\u003etraces roots that extend into the deep foundations of class society. dyer carries us back, with characteristic comic affection, to the joys and lingering questions of every childhood, and asks what it means to live through an era of intense transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55351107584374,"sku":"9781837261987","price":15.63,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36336559.jpg?v=1759409677","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781837261987-homework","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}