{"product_id":"9781848407732-bogman","title":"The Bogman","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new edition of the classic novel set in Connemara in the west of Ireland, but acclaimed Irish writer Walter Macken. With introduction by his son, Ultan Macken.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned as a child, Cahal Kinsella returns from an industrial school in Letterfrack to the small farming village of Caherlo in West Galway, to live under the rule of his tyrannical grandfather. Cahal must learn to assert his individuality if he is to have any hope of freedom from his misery.\u003cbr\u003eWith humour and humanity, Walter Macken paints a haunting, memorable portrait of the hard life of subsistence farming, of loveless arranged marriages, and rebellion against suffocating social mores.\u003cbr\u003eWritten in 1952, this masterpiece is brought back to life in New Island’s Modern Irish Classics series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40951543791713,"sku":"9781848407732","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27025841.jpg?v=1721462965","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848407732-bogman","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}