{"product_id":"the-watchers-on-the-shore","title":"The Watchers on the Shore (The Vic Brown Trilogy #2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book will be released in March 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-orders are charged at time of order and the book will be posted to you as soon as it becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK postage is 99 pence per order.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘unsentimental and unpatronising’ – \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Of the red-blooded working-class writers with northern roots – John Braine, Alan Sillitoe, David Storey, Keith Waterhouse... Stan Barstow was arguably the best... His aim quietly ambitious, as he saw it “seeking out the universal in the particular”.’ – \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘...warmth, liveliness, honesty, compassion...’ – \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinuing the story of Vic Brown, now twenty-three and only three years into his marriage to Ingrid Rothwell. Swept up by a career change that sends him to England’s Southeast, leaving his Yorkshire home for the first time, his marriage struggles to stay afloat as the distance between Vic and his wife turns their relationship into a kind of living rather than a kind of loving. Vic explores his newfound independence as a young man about town, until an anonymous letter arrives and holds him accountable for his actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“the world, which is short of love, is full of people loving in the wrong places at the wrong time”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStan Barstow\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of a generation of Northern writers including John Braine, Alan Sillitoe, David Storey and Keith Waterhouse who, fifty years ago, took the literary establishment by storm with their gritty accounts of working-class life. Their arrival marked a revolution in English literature the effects of which continue to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarstow was born in Horbury in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1928. He was the only son of a miner. He left school at sixteen to work as a draughtsman in a local engineering firm. His first published novel, \u003cem\u003eA Kind of Loving\u003c\/em\u003e, appeared in 1960 to great acclaim, was made into a ground-breaking film and later adapted for television, radio and theatre. For many years a fixture on school reading lists, it has never been out of print. In a productive career Barstow wrote ten more novels (including two sequels to \u003cem\u003eA Kind of Loving\u003c\/em\u003e), three collections of short stories (published in one volume by Parthian as \u003cem\u003eThe Likes of Us\u003c\/em\u003e) as well as award-winning scripts for television, radio and theatre. His work has been translated into many languages and is taught in schools and colleges all over the world. He was an honorary MA of the Open University, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the Welsh Academy. In 2000 he moved to Pontardawe in south Wales with his partner, the distinguished radio playwright Diana Griffiths. He died on 1st August 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stan Barstow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55532295979384,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/7086\/files\/9781917140782.jpg?v=1776252760","url":"https:\/\/www.parthianbooks.com\/products\/the-watchers-on-the-shore","provider":"Parthian Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}