{"product_id":"9780571399505-the-dark","title":"The Dark","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new foreword by Colin Walsh, this is 'one of the most volatile, vital and unsafe novels in Irish literature', banned by the censor for obscenity in 1965 - and just as explosive today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe was coming and there was nothing to do but wait and grow hard as stone and lie.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMahoney grows up in fear of his father: of his beatings with the heavy leather strap; of the nights he wants love. Seeking to escape the claustrophobic family farm, he contemplates a future in the priesthood, but battles with his tortured conscience amidst adolescent lusts. After winning a scholarship, he takes a stand against the household's toxic violence - and begins a journey towards an understanding that may mean peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A master.' \u003cb\u003eKevin Barry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Timeless.' \u003cb\u003eSinéad Gleeson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary.' \u003cb\u003eColin Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Blew me away.' \u003cb\u003eColin Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A great writer.' \u003cb\u003eSebastian Barry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exquisite.' \u003cb\u003eAndrew Michael Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Elegiac and graceful.' \u003cb\u003eDavid Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the greatest writers of our era.'\u003cb\u003e Hilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'The Irish novelist everyone should read.' \u003cb\u003eColm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The preeminent Irish writer of his generation.' \u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I'm grateful for every sentence he left in this world.' \u003cb\u003eDonal Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One reads McGahern for the textures of time and space, through which each of us travels, often alone.' \u003cb\u003eYiyun Li\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":57731666772342,"sku":"9780571399505","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41098073.jpg?v=1777623890","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571399505-the-dark","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}