{"product_id":"9781555976774","title":"The Colour of Memory","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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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":47055915778288,"sku":"9781555976774","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555976774_p0.jpg?v=1763753736","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555976774","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}