{"product_id":"john-banville-the-drowned-2024-hardback","title":"John Banville: The Drowned [2024] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BRAND NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eSNOW\u003c\/i\u003e. A CHILLING MUST-READ.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Haunting . . . compelling.' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eREBECCA F. KUANG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The repressed and sinister world of 1950s Ireland is exposed in beautiful, sometimes chilling prose.' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe had seen drowned people. A sight not to be forgotten.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1950s, rural Ireland. A loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field. Knowing he shouldn't approach, but unable to hold back, he soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person's case, as a husband claims his wife may have thrown herself into the sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalled in from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turns to his old ally - the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke - a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSnow\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superb . . . crime fiction for the connoisseur.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Outstanding.' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exquisite.'\u003ci\u003e Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superb to the last drop.' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn UK bestseller list w\/e 13\/11\/2021-27\/11\/2021 for Paperback Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Banville, John","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":50467707846995,"sku":"XG80571370818","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":49606860734803,"sku":"9780571370818","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/banville-john-john-banville-the-drowned-2024-hardback-9780571370818-59491213803859.jpg?v=1740419360","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/john-banville-the-drowned-2024-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}