{"product_id":"bageye-at-the-wheel-9780099552390","title":"Bageye at the Wheel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful prescient memoir of life in 1970s Britain for a child of Windrush generation parents. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                                                                                                                            ''This book is a classic'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo his fellow West Indians who assemble every weekend for the all-night poker game at Mrs Knight''s, he is always known as Bageye. There aren''t very many black men in Luton in 1972 and most of them gather there: Summer Wear, Pioneer, Anxious, Tidy Boots - each has his nickname. Bageye already finds it a struggle to feed his family on his wage from Vauxhall Motors, but now his wife Blossom has set her heart on her sons going to private school and she will not settle for anything less.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of a father seen through the eyes of his ten-year-old son. It's a wry and gentle comedy about unfulfilling day jobs and late night po\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI loved every word * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e[A] vivid and bittersweet window into a vanished world of 1970s suburbia * Metro *\u003cbr\u003eA quietly unforgettable book * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA fabulous example of storytelling * Glasgow Herald *\u003cbr\u003eA classic * Spectator *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732290744663,"sku":"9780099552390","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099552390.jpg?v=1719996287","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bageye-at-the-wheel-9780099552390","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}