{"product_id":"9780571396160-said-the-dead","title":"Said the Dead","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe #1 Irish Times bestseller from the author of A Ghost in the Throat\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eA Ghost in the Throat\u003c\/i\u003e, an unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave you gasping by its final page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eA Ghost in the Throat\u003c\/i\u003e, an unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave you gasping by its final page.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There's magic in this one' Kevin Barry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book will be read for decades to come' Anne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing' Yiyun Li\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nobody currently writing is pulling off sorcery like this' RTÉ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe more she learned, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe more certain she became: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethis other world was alive \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand true \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand trembling, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand very close \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eto her own.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow she had \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ea secret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the city of Cork, a derelict Victorian mental hospital is being converted into modern apartments. One passerby has always flinched as she passes the place. Had she lived in another time, she too might have found herself held within those walls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, she notices a sign: FOR SALE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the first of many signs. Guided by an irresistible impulse, she follows them. Soon, she is trespassing, stealing, absconding from the routine of mother, spouse, daughter, as she uncovers a chorus of startling voices: those of the women who knew the hospital best. They murmur from archives and old records. They haunt from stairwells and walls. In them - and in one figure in particular -- she may find meaning and solace, righteous anger, salvation even. Or her final vanishing?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of sublime intensity and tenderness, \u003ci\u003eSaid the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e breaks the boundaries between worlds -- past and present, imagined and real, fact and fiction -- to make something new and lasting: an experience full of danger, full of love and full of truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Incantatory . enthralling . an expansive work inspired by and composed of myriad ghosts . Richly evocative and affecting . the spirits it conjures up linger long after you've turned the final page.'  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An entrancing book -- lyrical and propulsive, it sounds out the echoes of history and finds voices and images that are moving and indelible. Reading this book is like being put under a spell.' Seán Hewitt\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary . intimately researched [and] wildly imaginative . Ní Ghríofa's treatment of the patients and their textual remains is never less than sensitive.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaid the Dead \u003c\/i\u003ewas a no. 1 \u003ci\u003eIrish Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller w\/e 30th June\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57721983435126,"sku":"9780571396160","price":14.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41078792.jpg?v=1779259597","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571396160-said-the-dead","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}