{"product_id":"one-of-them","title":"One of Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Eton College memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A writer worth waiting half a century for’ \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMusa Okwonga – a young Black man who grew up in a predominantly working-class town – was not your typical Eton College student.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe experience moulded and challenged him… but also made him wonder why a place that was so good for him also seemed to contribute to the harm being done to the UK. The more he searched, the more evident the connection became between one of Britain’s most prestigious institutions and the genesis of Brexit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWoven throughout this deeply personal and unflinching memoir of Musa’s five years at Eton in the 1990s is a present-day narrative which engages with much wider questions: privilege, the distribution of wealth, the rise of the far right, systemic racism, the ‘boys’ club’ of government and the power of the few to control the fate of the many.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of Them\u003c\/i\u003e is both an intimate account and a timely exploration of race and class in modern Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘The memoir I’ve enjoyed most this year’ \u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Moving … stays with you long after you’ve finished it’ \u003cb\u003eNigella Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A superb memoir … written with a poet’s lyricism and a journalist’s clarity’ \u003cb\u003eNish Kumar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Okwonga is a writer worth waiting half a century for’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Lyrical, often funny, intensely personal and undeniably thought-provoking’\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A nuanced and complex account’\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘An urgent exposition on how [Eton]’s undue influence is shaping political forces - from the current government and Brexit to the rise of nationalist and racist politics’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-w-id=\"3fb80423-9285-fa46-dacf-07b4dbe691bb\" data-wf-id='[\"3fb80423-9285-fa46-dacf-07b4dbe691bb\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\"\u003ePaperback: 224pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-w-id=\"3fb80423-9285-fa46-dacf-07b4dbe691bf\" data-wf-id='[\"3fb80423-9285-fa46-dacf-07b4dbe691bf\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\"\u003ePublished: Wilton Square (November 2025)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-w-id=\"3fb80423-9285-fa46-dacf-07b4dbe691c3\" data-wf-id='[\"3fb80423-9285-fa46-dacf-07b4dbe691c3\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\"\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e9781783529674\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilton Square","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58627795157376,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/9781783529674.webp?v=1785754328","url":"https:\/\/www.eye-books.com\/products\/one-of-them","provider":"Eye Books Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}