{"product_id":"9781035073566","title":"From Scenes Like These","description":"Author: Gordon M. Williams\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035073566\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Aug 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE FIRST EVER BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece . . . demands to be read' - Douglas Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eSHUGGIE BAIN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAn extraordinary novel' - Michael Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eCLOSE TO HOME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIt’s the west of Scotland in the 1950s. New houses are going up. Factories are opening. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nBut Dunky Logan, a 15-year-old brought up in a tenement flat in working-class Kilcaddie, is ditching school to be a labourer on a local farm. Dead set on becoming a hard case, he wants to work shoulder to shoulder with so-called real men.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nIrish Catholic Mary O’Donnell arrives at the farmhouse as the new maid. She is pregnant - no boyfriend in sight. But she’s smart, and she has a plan to get herself up in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nAs Dunky is swallowed up by a vicious cycle of violence, betrayal, and booze, Mary becomes entangled in a savage family feud.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNow there’s no going back, not for either of them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by James Robertson \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845859721374,"sku":"TLD-9781035073566","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035073566.jpg?v=1781223148","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035073566","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}