{"product_id":"mancunians-david-scott-9781526161512","title":"Mancunians: Where Do We Start, Where Do I Begin?","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1990s, Manchester was a city in upheaval. The devastation of the IRA bomb and the closure of the notorious Haçienda nightclub were seismic events that rocked the city's confidence at a time when identikit bands were flooding its clubs and bars, fuelled on anthemic guitar rock and swagger. Stereotypes were everywhere, while the spirit of Manchester was silently suffocating. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMancunians: Where do we start, where do I begin?\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of those who didn't fit the typecast: the musicians of colour, the football fans alienated by rampant commercialism, frustrated public figures, optimistic developers and ambitious artists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a mixture of memoir and interviews with well-known Mancunians such as Guy Garvey, Tunde Babalola, Sylvia Tella, Badly Drawn Boy and Stan Chow, David Scott portrays the city at the turn of the century in a way never seen before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526161516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526161512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.56d","brand":"David Scott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873302032639,"sku":"9781526161512","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mancunians-david-scott-9781526161512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}