{"product_id":"riot-77","title":"Riot: 77","description":"\u003cp\u003eNewly retired detective Nevis ‘Neil’ Armstrong ponders the inscription on his leaving present, a gold watch. ‘Nevis Armstrong – CID’s finest’. But Neil wonders. Were there mistakes along the way? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eWhat’s done is done,\u003c\/em\u003e’ argues his former boss. At university, Neil studied Theoretical Physics, maintaining his interest ever since. The watch, ticking away time, makes him think. Perhaps there is a way to right past wrongs. What if what’s done is not done after all? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five years earlier. 1977. Britain is suffering with one million unemployed and rampant inflation. Industrial unrest and racial tensions spark violence. Punk rock is the voice of a disaffected younger generation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn South London, Neil, recently promoted to Detective Inspector, is spending an off-duty evening in his local with a bottle of wine, the latest New Scientist magazine and the jukebox, when a young woman disturbs him. Vienna, forthright and named after a song Neil doesn''t know, is different from the pub’s regulars, with her blue-streaked hair, nose stud and dolphin tattoo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho is Vienna? Why is she in The White Horse? And how does she know that Neil will shortly be called to Clapham, where an anti-fascist protester lies dead after a National Front march?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507636412789,"sku":"9781806346394","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/riot-77","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}