{"product_id":"back-in-the-day-paperback-by-oliver-lovrenski","title":"Back in the Day Paperback by Oliver Lovrenski","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin UK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-07-28)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e256\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781405968157\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e181.44\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.56 x 12.7 x 1.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaut, lyrical and utterly gripping - the internationally award-winning and bestselling debut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fizzing headrush of a novel about four boys coming of age on the deprived outskirts of Oslo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gut punch of a debut [in] hurricane prose' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Raw and unfiltered, I was hooked from the very first page' \u003ci\u003eService95\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast night i got woke up by marco ringing, and he was crying, he said, he died ivor, he died, and i didnt need to hear who to know, i just hung up.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIvor and Marco have been getting high since they were thirteen, started dealing at fourteen, by fifteen they were carrying knives. At sixteen years old, they hurtle from one trip to the next, one fight to the next, always watching their backs. Ivor dreams of getting out - finishing school, becoming a lawyer, marrying the girl he loves from the corner shop - but the path he's on only leads one way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn flashes of firecracker prose, shot through with rare empathy, irrepressible wit and gut-punch pathos, Oliver Lovrenski gives voice to young men growing up in a brutal and chaotic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the Oslo City Artist Prize and the Norwegian Booksellers Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED for the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrage Award and the Tarjei Vesaas Debut PrizE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED for the European Literature Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eOliver Lovrenski has a Croatian background and he grew up in Norway. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eBack in the Day\u003c\/i\u003e, was an instant number-one bestseller when it was published in Norway in 2023. It won the Oslo City Artist Prize, Norwegian Bookseller Prize (making Lovrenski the youngest winner in the prize’s seventy-five-year history) and was shortlisted for the Brage Award and the Tarjei Vesaas Debut Prize. The Norwegian edition is now in its eighth print run. The English translation by Nichola Smalley will be published in hardback in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46769493180577,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781405968157","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781405968157.jpg?v=1785226429","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/back-in-the-day-paperback-by-oliver-lovrenski","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}