{"product_id":"9780340682081-ingenious-pain","title":"Ingenious Pain","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Miller's extraordinarily acclaimed and prizewinning debut, featuring an 18th-century surgeon who is unable to feel pain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ⭐ Out now: \u003ci\u003eThe Land in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngenious Pain\u003c\/i\u003e: the extraordinary prize-winning debut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award    \u003cbr\u003e'Astoundingly good' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dazzling' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Timeless' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the dawn of the Enlightenment, a man is born unable to feel pain. A source of wonder and scientific curiosity as a child, he rises through the ranks of Georgian society to become a brilliant surgeon. Yet as a human being he fails, for he can no more feel love and compassion than pain. Until, en route to St Petersburg to inoculate the Empress Catherine, he meets his nemesis and saviour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Andrew Miller\u003cbr\u003e'Andrew Miller's writing is a source of wonder and delight' \u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of our most skilful chroniclers of the human heart and mind' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the best writers at work today' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A wonderful storyteller' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpectator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of those rare novelists who can rock up in any time and place and convincingly inhabit that particular historical moment' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57618818695542,"sku":"9780340682081","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36192078.jpg?v=1775461374","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780340682081-ingenious-pain","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}