{"product_id":"mccoubrey","title":"Mccoubrey","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrab, bleak Portadown, 1971, where Catholics are kept in their place, seen through the eyes of innocent, bright, mischievous and droll Barry-Joe McCoubrey, on the cusp of his teens reflecting on his own life, his family, his troubled neighbourhood—and girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopular with his schoolmates, Barry-Joe also has broody insular tendencies and spends a lot of time analysing both others and the growing conflict spreading from Belfast and Derry to his home town of Portadown, including the Garvaghy Road and the Tunnel areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry-Joe shares a surname with Larry McCoubrey, a well-loved BBC newsreader, famous for his end-of-programme cheesy quips and jokes. Larry’s jokes lead to banter and slagging from Barry-Joe’s classmates. However, Larry also must report increasingly bad news and we see how Barry-Joe empathises with his namesake in this task.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a hilarious and immensely moving coming-of-age novel from Mark B. McCaffery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57241302303102,"sku":"NW9783949573040","price":12.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9783949573040.jpg?v=1778544350","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/mccoubrey","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}