{"product_id":"yiewsley-9780571396559","title":"Yiewsley","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daljit Nagra\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spirited and stirring return to the poet's boyhood and the town that made him\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis autobiographical collection explores Daljit Nagra's experiences growing up in the white, working-class suburban town of Yiewsley close to Heathrow airport in Outer London, from the 1960s to 80s. As Britain transitions from a postwar manufacturing economy to the Thatcher period and the computer age, we see a young boy navigating childhood friendships and mishaps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems bring to life a bustling house filled with relatives from India who arrived, legally or otherwise, in the UK: \"devout realists - already, and always, knuckled into work\". They also offer powerful insight into the makings of the writer: the \"messy English\" at home fusing with Bollywood ballads, \u003ci\u003eTop of the Pops\u003c\/i\u003e and hymns at school, to develop a voice entirely his own.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889407115415,"sku":"9780571396559","price":1302.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780571396559.webp?v=1781176317","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/yiewsley-9780571396559","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}