{"product_id":"9781612193939","title":"GB84: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNever before published in the U.S., \u003ci\u003eGB84\u003c\/i\u003e will be launched in 2014 alongside two other novels by David Peace: \u003ci\u003eThe Damned Utd\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed or Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn taut and gripping prose that often feels like the relentless text of a surveillance report, \u003ci\u003eGB84\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the British coal miner’s strike of 1984—including the actual bombings, riots and protests that brought the country to the brink of civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled by its author “fiction based on fact,” the book depicts a real-life 1984 more violently dystopian than even Orwell imagined. Slowly starving strikers find themselves pitted against a prime minister—Margaret Thatcher—determined to crush them . . . a police force willing to use infiltration and violence to achieve her will . . . and equally hungry scabs who need a job . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMixing real events and characters with the voices of the increasingly desperate strikers, the book becomes a stirring saga of courage against overwhelmingly sinister forces, and paints a searing and haunting portrait of events that changed the course of British history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041753710832,"sku":"9781612193939","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612193939_p0.jpg?v=1763841875","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612193939","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}