{"product_id":"9781786496744-narrow-land","title":"The Narrow Land","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe stunning new novel from the beloved Christine Dwyer Hickey, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLast Train from Liguria.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT HISTORICAL PRIZE FOR FICTION, 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDALKEY LITERARY AWARD FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR, 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS, 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year, 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eTatty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe Dublin: One City One Book 2020 choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It is a long time since I have read such a fine novel or one that I have enjoyed quite so much.' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1950: \u003c\/b\u003elate summer season on Cape Cod. Michael, a ten-year-old boy, is spending the summer with Richie and his glamorous but troubled mother. Left to their own devices, the boys meet a couple living nearby - the artists Jo and Edward Hopper - and an unlikely friendship is forged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe, volatile, passionate and often irrational, suffers bouts of obsessive sexual jealousy. He, withdrawn and unwell, depressed by his inability to work, becomes besotted by Richie's frail and beautiful Aunt Katherine who has not long to live - an infatuation he shares with young Michael.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel of loneliness and regret, the legacy of World War II and the ever-changing concept of the American Dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eportrait. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a beguiling grace and a deceptive simplicity, Christine Dwyer Hickey reminds us that the past is never far away - rather, it constantly surrounds us, suspends us, haunts us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eColum McCann \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":31786272882785,"sku":"9781786496744","price":7.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36415845_6b8aebd3-7ba1-4a4a-a8a9-7fcf73e145d4.jpg?v=1759495360","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781786496744-narrow-land","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}