{"product_id":"book-nson","title":"Homework","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA portrait of a young boy, who keeps passing exams—and of a changing England in the 1960s and 1970s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only child of a sheet-metal worker and a dinner lady who worked at the canteen of the local school, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by memories of the Depression and the Second World War. But far from being a story of hardship overcome, this loving memoir is a celebration of opportunities afforded by the post-war settlement, of which the author was an unconscious beneficiary. The crux comes at the age of eleven with the exam that decided the future of generations of British schoolkids: secondary modern or the transformative possibilities of grammar school? One of the lucky winners, Dyer goes to grammar school, where he develops a love of literature (and beer and prog rock).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMapping a path from primary school through the tribulations of teenage sport, gig-going, romantic fumblings, fights (well, getting punched in the face), and other misadventures with comic affection, \u003ci\u003eHomework \u003c\/i\u003etakes us to the threshold of university, where Dyer gets the first intimations that a short geographical journey—just forty miles—might extend to the length of a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecalling an eroded but strangely resilient England, \u003ci\u003eHomework\u003c\/i\u003e traces, in perfectly phrased and hilarious detail, roots that extend into the deep foundations of class society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamscape","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49877236744496,"sku":"BDnson","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/741231-nson-Square.jpg?v=1749335933","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-nson","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}