{"product_id":"9781555970901","title":"The Colour of Memory: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel, in revised form, from \"possibly the best living writer in Britain\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Colour of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, six friends plot a nomadic course through their mid-twenties as they scratch out an existence in near-destitute conditions in 1980s South London. They while away their hours drinking cheap beer, landing jobs and quickly squandering them, smoking weed, dodging muggings, listening to Coltrane, finding and losing a facsimile of love, collecting unemployment, and discussing politics in the way of the besotted young—as if they were employed only by the lives they chose. \u003cbr\u003e     In his vivid evocation of council flats and pubs, of a life lived in the teeth of romantic ideals, Geoff Dyer provides a shockingly relevant snapshot of a different Lost Generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165514481904,"sku":"9781555970901","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555970901_p0.jpg?v=1763760540","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555970901","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}