{"product_id":"back-in-the-day-9781405968157","title":"Back in the Day","description":"\u003cb\u003eTaut, lyrical and utterly gripping - the internationally award-winning and bestselling debut \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fizzing headrush of a novel about four boys coming of age on the deprived outskirts of Oslo \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gut punch of a debut [in] hurricane prose' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Raw and unfiltered, I was hooked from the very first page' \u003ci\u003eService95\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast night i got woke up by marco ringing, and he was crying, he said, he died ivor, he died, and i didnt need to hear who to know, i just hung up.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIvor and Marco have been getting high since they were thirteen, started dealing at fourteen, by fifteen they were carrying knives. At sixteen years old, they hurtle from one trip to the next, one fight to the next, always watching their backs. Ivor dreams of getting out - finishing school, becoming a lawyer, marrying the girl he loves from the corner shop - but the path he's on only leads one way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn flashes of firecracker prose, shot through with rare empathy, irrepressible wit and gut-punch pathos, Oliver Lovrenski gives voice to young men growing up in a brutal and chaotic world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the Oslo City Artist Prize and the Norwegian Booksellers Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSHORTLISTED for the \u003cb\u003eBrage Award and the Tarjei Vesaas Debut PrizE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSHORTLISTED for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLONGLISTED for the European Literature Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405968157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Oliver Lovrenski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933752815797,"sku":"9781405968157","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/back-in-the-day-9781405968157","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}