{"product_id":"peterdown-an-epic-social-satire-full-of-comedy-character-and-anarchic-radicalism-9781472155849","title":"Peterdown: An epic social satire, full of comedy, character and anarchic radicalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePeterdown, an industrial town, has been chosen as the regional hub of Britain's first state-of-the-art bullet train network. To make way for the new station, a local landmark will be razed to the ground, sparking an epic, wide-angle novel with character and incident. Affairs are embarked upon, conspiracies are uncovered, and a broad-based popular insurgency ignites. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 608 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 03 February 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the McKitterick Prize 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMadcap, hugely rich and entertaining\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnjoyable, deft and humorous\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEntertaining, acute and remarkably prescient\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA book from the psychic fault-lines of 21st Century Britain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSimultaneously down to earth and epic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohny Pitts, author of \u003cem\u003eAfropean\u003c\/em\u003e, has been chosen as the regional hub of Britain's first state-of-the-art bullet train network. \u003cem\u003eHigh Speed+\u003c\/em\u003e promises the town a prosperous future, but to make way for the new station, a local landmark will have to be razed to the ground. On the shortlist are the Larkspur housing estate, a significant modernist masterpiece; and the Chapel, the beloved home of the town's football team. \u003cem\u003eLocal sports reporter Colin is as desperate to save the Chapel as his architect partner Ellie is determined to save the Larkspur, and they soon find themselves leading increasingly passionate and opposing campaigns.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOut of this spins an epic, wide-angle novel, rich with character and incident.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAffairs are embarked upon. Conspiracies are uncovered. A broad-based popular insurgency ignites.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeterdown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eis a riotous novel that brings England's beleaguered streetscape to life and finds lurking there a playful and storied counterculture: mad monks and machine breakers, avant-gardists and non-conformists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 464g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 127 x 197 x 45 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781472155849\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Annand","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097777991930,"sku":"9781472155849","price":6.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646124457092_book.jpg?v=1646831196","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/peterdown-an-epic-social-satire-full-of-comedy-character-and-anarchic-radicalism-9781472155849","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}