{"product_id":"2026200014409-secondhand-the-blinder","title":"The Blinder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the gritty industrial heartlands of South Yorkshire emerges Lennie Hawk, a naturally gifted footballer whose electrifying talent on the pitch is matched only by the turbulence of his life off it — Barry Hines's The Blinder is a raw, urgent portrait of a young working-class man caught between the promise of greatness and the pressures of the world that shaped him. As scouts and admirers circle, Lennie must navigate the competing demands of loyalty, ambition, and identity, all while the beautiful game offers him both an escape and a mirror to his own restless soul.\n\nHines writes with the same unflinching social realism and compassionate eye that distinguished his landmark work Kes, chronicling the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary detail and refusing to romanticise the economic hardships that define his characters' horizons. The Blinder stands as a testament to Hines's mastery of working-class British fiction — spare in prose yet rich in humanity — and leaves the reader to wonder whether talent alone is ever truly enough to break free.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216202899675,"sku":"2026200014409-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0d7dde83-47c2-4c9d-902e-44dfcc4c8ff9.png?v=1788405269","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014409-secondhand-the-blinder","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}