{"product_id":"yiewsley-daljit-nagra-9780571396559","title":"Yiewsley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spirited and stirring return to the poet's boyhood and the town that made him\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis autobiographical collection explores Daljit Nagra's experiences growing up in the white, working-class suburban town of Yiewsley close to Heathrow airport in Outer London, from the 1960s to 80s. As Britain transitions from a postwar manufacturing economy to the Thatcher period and the computer age, we see a young boy navigating childhood friendships and mishaps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems bring to life a bustling house filled with relatives from India who arrived, legally or otherwise, in the UK: \"devout realists - already, and always, knuckled into work\". They also offer powerful insight into the makings of the writer: the \"messy English\" at home fusing with Bollywood ballads, \u003ci\u003eTop of the Pops\u003c\/i\u003e and hymns at school, to develop a voice entirely his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daljit Nagra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571396550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571396559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Daljit Nagra","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48454234374399,"sku":"9780571396559","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca642cde-0629-4726-8d00-761eadb6b347.jpg?v=1777304971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yiewsley-daljit-nagra-9780571396559","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}