{"product_id":"boyhood-a-complete-triumph-irvine-welsh-hardcover","title":"Boyhood: A Complete Triumph' Irvine Welsh - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Keenan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Boyhood \u003c\/i\u003eis a complete triumph . . . it slaps our dull, sterile culture hard across the face with a studded, uncompromising literary glove' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIRVINE WELSH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Reading Keenan is like reclaiming your own imagination' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLIAS SAOUDI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoyhood \u003c\/i\u003eopens in 1979 with the abduction of a young boy outside a Glasgow football ground. Nine years later, the boy's brother, Aaron Murray, is on the cusp of that moment when adolescence becomes adulthood. His own journey of grief and recovery has been guided by an angel, 'The Precious Gift' - perhaps imagined, perhaps real - who has blessed Aaron with redemptive, messianic powers. These have enabled him to see through the past and present, joining the dots between a vast array of characters; ballerinas, soldiers, poets, burlesque dancers, East End gangsters and the Vampire of Derry over five decades, all tied up in each other's fate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Aaron's visions span cities and decades, from wartime Paris to the Troubles in the 1970s, Mexico City in the 1980s to - of course - Glasgow, \u003ci\u003eBoyhood \u003c\/i\u003ebuilds to an extraordinary, intense, climactic moment of redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A book of great joy, of laughter in the face of horror and delight in storytelling by the beloved and critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Memorial Device\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoyhood\u003c\/i\u003e is a hymn to the resilience of youth, to the brave dreams of artists and lovers and a love letter to Glasgow - a city where magic happens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Boyhood\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvel. Impossible to sum up, it is a true novel, jumping with event and spectacle and showmanship - while speaking in its own extraordinary voice of tenderness and violence and pity and love, along with the gorgeous great fun and wonder of being alive' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKIRSTY GUNN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Keenan \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of six critically-acclaimed novels; the cult classic \u003ci\u003eThis is Memorial Device\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the \u003ci\u003eLondon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Prize; \u003ci\u003eFor the Good Times\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Gordon Burn Prize and was shortlisted for the Encore Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Towers The Fields The Transmitters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eXstabeth\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, \u003ci\u003eMonument Maker\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Rough Trade Book of the Year and \u003ci\u003eIndustry of Magic \u0026amp; Light\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eEngland's Hidden Reverse\u003c\/i\u003e, a history of the UK's post-punk and Industrial music scenes. He has been writing about music since he was seventeen years old, most consistently for \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, and between the years 2004-2014 he co-ran the cult Glasgow record shop Volcanic Tongue. His selected music writing was published in 2025 as the collection \u003ci\u003eVolcanic Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56435365478705,"sku":"9781399624992","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/zHpZew3LjQ9781399624992.webp?v=1790167902","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/boyhood-a-complete-triumph-irvine-welsh-hardcover","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}