{"product_id":"9781529329810-nobber","title":"Nobber","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA zany, plague-ridden tale of greed and gore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dark and gripping debut novel from one of Ireland's most exciting young novelists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer out to do whatever the hell he wants' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Set to become an Irish cult classic' \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tremendously engaging and fun read . a crazed, quixotic odyssey' Kevin Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAn ambitious noble and his three serving men travel through the Irish countryside in the stifling summer of 1348, using the advantage of the plague which has collapsed society to buy up large swathes of property and land. They come upon Nobber, a tiny town, whose only living habitants seem to be an egotistical bureaucrat, his volatile wife, a naked blacksmith, and a beautiful Gaelic hostage. Meanwhile, a band of marauding Gaels are roaming around, using the confusion of the sickness to pillage and reclaim lands that once belonged to them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs these groups converge upon the town, the habitants, who up until this point have been under strict curfew, begin to stir from their dwellings, demanding answers from the intruders. A deadly stand-off emerges from which no one will escape unscathed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Nobber \u003c\/i\u003eis hallucinatory and sly, conjuring a densely strange and savagely captivating world. There are lots of novels, and there are lots of novels that are all much alike, but there is nothing like \u003ci\u003eNobber' \u003c\/i\u003eColin Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A skilled storyteller with a rich command of language and rare comedic flair' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e dark and bloody tale, well leavened with bone-dry humour, and with a dramatic climax that has about it the flavour of a Jacobean tragedy' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE\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":40979954106465,"sku":"9781529329810","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27712526.jpg?v=1722000523","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529329810-nobber","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}