{"product_id":"9781910324622","title":"This Road is Red","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for Scottish First Book of the Year at the Saltire Society Awards 2011\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1964. Red Road is rising out of the fields. To the families who move in, it is a dream and a shining future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 2010. The Red Road Flats are scheduled for demolition. Imhabited only by intrepid asylum seekers and a few stubborn locals, the once vibrant scheme is now tired and out of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween those dates are the people who filled the flats with their laughter, life and drama. Their stories are linked by the buildings; the sway and buffet of the tower blocks in the wind, the creaky lifts, the views and the vertigo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Road is Red\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling and subtle novel of Glasgow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn \u003c\/em\u003eThis Road is Red\u003cem\u003e Alison Irvine does for Glasgow what Irvine Welsh has done for Edinburgh – imagining a city through its fringes, fearlessly and without frills\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWILLY MALEY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luath Press Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154240717040,"sku":"9781910324622","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910324622_p0.jpg?v=1763626345","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910324622","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}