{"product_id":"9780099501633-the-gathering","title":"The Gathering","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty, original, inventive.utterly compelling' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Gathering \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is clearly the product of a remarkable intelligence, combined with a gift for observation and deduction' A.L. Kennedy, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450681209206,"sku":"9780099501633","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32336611.jpg?v=1760453784","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099501633-the-gathering","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}