{"product_id":"season-9781785634147","title":"Season","description":"For 10 months of the year, two men are drawn to adjacent seats in a stadium, carrying the burdens of life and pouring all their hopes into their beloved but ailing team. Fatherless and fretful, the Young Man is trying to nurture a precarious new relationship and to find his place in the world. The Old Man, an increasingly isolated caregiver for his fading wife, knows he has little left to look forward to. Neither fan is a comfortable talker. However, in a slow-motion play of nods, silences and guarded chats, they strike up a tentative friendship across the generational gap. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told through 38 chapters-one for each game of the Premier League campaign-\u003ci\u003eSeason \u003c\/i\u003eis a lyrical, hypnotic and gently uplifting study of loneliness and modern masculinity. About much more than football, it celebrates the healing, unifying and maddening role of ritualized sport in the lives of ordinary people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Harrison \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer based in Norwich. He has worked as a freelance editor and ghostwriter on an eclectic shelfful of non-fiction books. His editorial back catalogue ranges from the memoirs of a professional golfer to true-crime stories and a book about the life of a South African spy. Despite having grown up in the West Country, George is a lifelong Norwich City fan and is fortunate now to live just a short walk away from Carrow Road. George wrote \u003ci\u003eSeason\u003c\/i\u003e, his debut novel, while attached to the Escalator Talent Development Program at the National Centre for Writing.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lightning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260205760786,"sku":"9781785634147","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_420b6f9f-b6a0-4b36-933b-2d84c4b2ad5a.jpg?v=1764073510","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/season-9781785634147","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}