{"product_id":"9780826414946","title":"The SmithsÆ Meat Is Murder: 33 1\/3","description":"Author: Pernice,Joe\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780826414946\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2004\u003cbr\u003ePages: 128 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Catholic high school near Boston in 1985. A time of suicides, gymnasium humiliations, smoking for beginners, asthma attacks, and incendiary teenage infatuations. Infatuations with a girl (Allison), with a band (The Smiths) and with an album, \u003ci\u003eMeat is Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, that was so raw, so vivid and so melodic that you could cling to it like a lifeboat in a storm.\u003cbr\u003e'One morning as I was jogging my way past the bronze plaque commemorating the deaths of one student and one motorcyclist, my necktie flapping like a windsock, Ray floored the brake pedal of his Dodge as he closed in on me. Fifty mile an hour traffic came to a screeching, nearly murderous halt behind him. He leaned over and rolled down the passenger side window in one fluid motion. He dispensed with formalities while I marvelled at the audacity of his driving and, tossing something at me, winked and said, Here. I'm going to kill myself. He pegged the gas, leaving a surprisingly good patch of rubber for such a shitty car. In the gutter, sugared with sand put down during the winter's last snow, I saw written in red felt ink on masking tape stuck to a smoky-clear cassette- Smiths- Meat.'","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46616114102430,"sku":"UBD-9780826414946","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780826414946.jpg?v=1773809409","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780826414946","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}