{"product_id":"glue-9780393322156","title":"Glue","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh projects, \u003cem\u003eGlue\u003c\/em\u003e is about the loyalties, the experiences, and the secrets that hold friends together through three decades. The boys become men: Juice Terry, the work-shy fanny-merchant, with corkscrew curls and sticky fingers; Billy the boxer, driven, controlled, playing to his strengths; Carl, the Milky Bar Kid, drifting along to his own soundtrack; and the doomed Gally, exceedingly thin-skinned and vulnerable to catastrophe at every turn. We follow their lives from the seventies into the new century--from punk to techno, from speed to E. Their mutual loyalty is fused in street morality: Back up your mates, don't hit women, and, most important, never snitch--on anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eGlue\u003c\/em\u003e has the Irvine Welsh trademarks--crackling dialogue, scabrous set pieces, and black, black humor--but it is also a grown-up book about growing up; about the way we live our lives, and what happens to us when things become unstuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393322156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.14w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2001 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2001 pg. 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2001 pg. 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/13\/2001 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2001 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2001 pg. 1734\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/03\/2001 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2001 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Irvine Welsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769596252341,"sku":"9780393322156","price":27.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_47f920cc-721a-4b0c-a452-3bc225595de7.jpg?v=1678832835","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/glue-9780393322156","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}