{"product_id":"9780571283439-the-devil-i-know","title":"The Devil I Know","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Powerful and poignant.’ Guardian\u003cbr\u003eThere was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile. He made a crooked deal and he blew a crooked pile. He dug a crooked hole and he sank the crooked isle and they all went to hell in a stew of crooked bile. This is a novel of greed and hubris, set against the backdrop of a brewing international debt crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003ci\u003eSOLDIER SAILOR\u003c\/i\u003e - THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KILROY - IS AVAILABLE NOW**\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Smart, funny and stylish.' JOHN BANVILLE\u003cbr\u003e'Kilroy's darkly comic, clever book keeps the reader engrossed and aghast.' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe made a crooked deal and he blew a crooked pile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe dug a crooked hole \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd he sank the crooked isle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd they all went to hell in a stew of crooked bile.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil I Know\u003c\/i\u003e  is a thrilling novel of greed and hubris, set against the backdrop of a  brewing international debt crisis. Told by Tristram, in the form of a  mysterious testimony, it recounts his return home after a self-imposed  exile only to find himself trapped as a middle man played on both sides -  by a grotesque builder he's known since childhood on the one hand, and a  shadowy businessman he's never met on the other. Caught between them,  as an overblown property development begins in his home town of Howth,  it follows Tristram's dawning realisation that all is not well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a writer unafraid to take risks, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil I Know\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, brilliant and disturbing piece of storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eSOLDIER SAILOR\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny.' DAVID NICHOLLS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing.' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'So powerful.' MONICA ALI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exceptionally good [it] sizzles and crackles with life.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A huge, small book.' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I lived and breathed beside her narrator. A furious, muffled shout of a book.' DAISY JOHNSON\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":57536570065270,"sku":"9780571283439","price":8.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36344123.jpg?v=1774289238","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571283439-the-devil-i-know","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}