{"product_id":"season","title":"Season","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A beautiful novel about the beautiful game’ Jonathan Pearce\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED: Nero Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSHORTLISTED: East Anglian Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"b50c3b77-00ed-4281-686f-390c14140467\" data-wf-id='[\"b50c3b77-00ed-4281-686f-390c14140467\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eFor ten 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"5e2228af-9cec-5d39-82da-37178f949561\" data-wf-id='[\"5e2228af-9cec-5d39-82da-37178f949561\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eFatherless 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 carer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"8690f8b8-c237-d116-ad1f-d456d5e7cd5b\" data-wf-id='[\"8690f8b8-c237-d116-ad1f-d456d5e7cd5b\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eTold through thirty-eight chapters – one for each game of the Premier League campaign – \u003cem data-w-id=\"1b8ac8f1-ed28-3886-f640-41e29d9d9667\" data-wf-id='[\"1b8ac8f1-ed28-3886-f640-41e29d9d9667\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eSeason\u003c\/em\u003e is 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 ritualised sport in the lives of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"8690f8b8-c237-d116-ad1f-d456d5e7cd5b\" data-wf-id='[\"8690f8b8-c237-d116-ad1f-d456d5e7cd5b\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Pushes beyond the clichés to get to something emotionally true. A heartfelt and sensitive portrait of male bonding in the stands’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘In this clever, heartfelt debut, two lonely season-ticket holders glimpse one another’s lives between the lines of tight-lipped small talk’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e, the best new fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e‘A highly accomplished novel written with gut-wrenching, net-busting depth. A winner of a story in every way’ \u003cb\u003eAshley Hickson-Lovence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘This heartfelt, platonic love story [is] an intelligent exploration of masculinity in the 21st century’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘[Harrison] writes about the game really beautifully. You don’t need to know much about football to find [\u003cem\u003eSeason\u003c\/em\u003e] compelling’ \u003cstrong\u003eNick Ahad, \u003cem\u003eFront Row\u003c\/em\u003e, BBC Radio 4\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Harrison’s passion for the game is evident but it’s how he draws out the personalities of these two taciturn characters that impresses most. \u003cem\u003eSeason\u003c\/em\u003e hits the back of the net’ \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Boyne, \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Harrison does an excellent job... \u003cem\u003eSeason\u003c\/em\u003e captures the universal experience of fandom but its real concern is male loneliness’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e‘Well observed, neatly handled and full of good things’ \u003cstrong\u003eD.J. Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 288pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Lightning (September 2025)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785634437\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eHardback: 288pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Lightning (January 2025)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785634147\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Eye Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56900631003520,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":56900631036288,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/Screenshot_2025-11-06_at_15.55.44.png?v=1763713954","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/season","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}