{"product_id":"breakers","title":"Breakers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eA seventeen-year-old boy named Tyler lives in one of Edinburgh's most deprived areas. He is forced to rob rich people's homes by his older siblings and is also trying to care for his little sister and his drug-addict mother. On a job, his brother Barry stabs a homeowner and leaves her for dead, but that's just the beginning of their nightmare. The woman is the wife of Edinburgh's biggest crime lord, Deke Holt. With the police and the Holts closing in, and his shattered family in devastating danger, Tyler meets a posh girl named Flick in another stranger's house and thinks she may be his salvation. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 300 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 16 May 2019\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Orenda Books\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pulsatingly tense psychological thriller and a breathtakingly brutal, beautiful, and deeply moving story of a good kid in the wrong family, from one of Scotland's finest crime writers. SHORTLISTED for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year***BOOK OF THE YEAR in SCOTSMAN***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's a lovely, sad tale, beautifully told and full of understanding.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most powerful and moving book from Johnstone yet – a calling card that no-one can ignore.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This may be Doug Johnstone's best book yet. An unsparing yet sympathetic depiction of Edinburgh's ignored underclass, with terrific characterisation. Tense, pacey, filmic.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are two sides to every family…Seventeen-year-old Tyler lives in one of Edinburgh's most deprived areas. Coerced into robbing rich people's homes by his bullying older siblings, he's also trying to care for his little sister and his drug-addict mum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a job, his brother Barry stabs a homeowner and leaves her for dead, but that's just the beginning of their nightmare, because the woman is the wife of Edinburgh's biggest crime lord, Deke Holt. With the police and the Holts closing in, and his shattered family in devastating danger, Tyler meets posh girl Flick in another stranger's house, and he thinks she may just be his salvation … unless he drags her down too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A cracking story, great characters … it's also about something and really addresses the \"whys\" of crime.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I've come to expect nothing less from Doug Johnstone, one of the genres premiere writers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's as psychologically rich as it is harrowing a story. I've come to expect nothing less from Doug Johnstone, one of the genres premiere writers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Doug Johnstone is for me the perfect f. A cracking story, great characters … it's also about something and really addresses the \"whys\" of crime.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I've come to expect nothing less from Doug Johnstone, one of the genres premiere writers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This may be his finest novel yet.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Willy Vlautin\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 168g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 130 x 197 x 18 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781912374670                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doug Johnstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44100326260986,"sku":"9781912374670","price":6.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/25dc9c39b8e476f7fd9374fd2a401303.jpg?v=1628303324","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/breakers","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}