{"product_id":"black-teeth-and-a-brilliant-smile-9780349020105b","title":"Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eShortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize for Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As funny and sad as anything by Dunbar herself' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the great debut novels of the century, and one of my very favourite books ever.' David Peace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThey used to say I had a chip on my shoulder. Whatever that means. I couldn't ever work that out but I know I always felt that I wasn't as good as other people. I was angry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBlack Teeth and a Brilliant Smile\u003c\/span\u003e tells the story of the tragically short life of playwright Andrea Dunbar. Interweaving fact and fiction, letters and scripts, newspaper stories and memory, Adelle Stripe reveals how a shy teenage girl defied the circumstances into which she was born, and the prejudice she met, to become one of her generation's greatest dramatists...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the backdrop of the infamous Buttershaw estate in Bradford during the Thatcher era, this is an exhilarating and unforgettable account of an extraordinary woman's life, her tragedies and her triumphs.","brand":"Virago Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824143568976,"sku":"9780349020105B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780349020105-l.jpg?v=1785895394","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/black-teeth-and-a-brilliant-smile-9780349020105b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}