{"product_id":"9781846976865-the-dear-green-place","title":"The Dear Green Place","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand Fur Sadie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in nineteen-sixties Glasgow, \u003cem\u003eThe Dear Green Place\u003c\/em\u003e is an absorbing portrait of the struggles and conflicts of a working-class hero and would-be novelist Mat Craig whose desire to define himself as an artist creates social and family tensions. Published in 1966, it won the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e Fiction Book of the Year and \u003cem\u003eYorkshire Post\u003c\/em\u003e’s Best First Work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003cem\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e FICTION OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF THE \u003cem\u003eLIST\u003c\/em\u003e’S BEST SCOTTISH BOOKS OF ALL TIME\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in nineteen-sixties Glasgow, this novel portrays the struggles and conflicts of young working-class hero and would-be novelist Mat Craig, whose desire to define himself as an artist creates social and family tensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis classic of Scottish twentieth-century literature is renowned for its vivid descriptions of Glasgow and the fight for individual creative expression; it remains as authentic and relevant more than fifty years after its original publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes an Introduction by Alasdair Gray as well as Archie Hind’s unfinished novel \u003cem\u003eFur Sadie\u003c\/em\u003e and one of his essays ‘Men of the Clyde’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘An exciting first novel worth a dozen more seasoned efforts’ - \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘The best novel ever written’ - \u003cem\u003eSkinny\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A touching insight into human strength and frailty’ - \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56351802130806,"sku":"9781846976865","price":9.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33884470.jpg?v=1758904056","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781846976865-the-dear-green-place","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}