{"product_id":"9780571240289","title":"Toy Fights : A Boyhood - 'A classic of its kind' William Boyd","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Paterson, Don \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutobiography: general\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 18 January 2024 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 130 x 25 | 312g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A classic of its kind.' William Boyd'Thought-provoking, hilarious, sardonic and scarily brilliant.' Scotsman'A work of dazzling craft.' Times Literary Supplement'A memoir in a million.' Sunday Times** Chosen as a  Time Book of the Year ** Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1963. He spent his boyhood on a council housing estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he wasn't busy dreading his birthdays, dodging kids who wanted to kill him in a game of toy fights,working with his country-and-western singer dad, obsessing over God, origami, sex or Scottish football cards, he was developing a sugar addiction, playing guitar and descending into madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile he didn't manage to figure out who he was meant to be, the first twenty years of his life - before he took a chance, packed his guitar and boarded a train to London - did, for better or worse, shape who he would become'A book that swan-dives into the filthy waters of growing up and resurfaces clear-eyed, bearing pearls.' Financial Times 'Paterson is arguably Scotland's finest writer at work today, his sense of the absurd is acutely honed, his wisdom hard-won.' The National'Wonderful, aggressively wise and always - especially at its most serious - devastatingly funny.' Geoff Dyer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44648068251907,"sku":"9780571240289","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780571240289.jpg?v=1731415746","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9780571240289","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}