{"product_id":"9781101634820","title":"Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A witty and lively novel set somewhere between the worlds of Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh.” —William Dalyrymple, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReminiscent of early Roddy Doyle, \u003ci\u003eTony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma\u003c\/i\u003e begins with our singular heroine’s less than idyllic birth and quickly moves to a spectacular fight that lands Janie and her mother in a local women’s shelter. From there it’s on to a dodgy council flat and a succession of unsuitable men, including the hard-drinking, drug-dealing, ice-cream-buying Tony Hogan. Kerry Hudson’s arrestingly original debut will enthrall readers with Janie’s tragicomic and moving story about coming of age in a non-traditional family amid the absurdities of the 1980s and Thatcherite Britain.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119078129904,"sku":"9781101634820","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101634820_p0.jpg?v=1763689235","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101634820","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}