{"product_id":"john-banville-the-drowned-2024-paperback","title":"John Banville: The Drowned [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003eThe richly atmospheric new Strafford and Quirke murder mystery, from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSnow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\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 Snow:\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\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banville, John","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":51048795013459,"sku":"XG80571370825","price":1.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50389041676627,"sku":"XV80571370825","price":1.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":53682663194963,"sku":"XE80571370825","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":47605898838355,"sku":"9780571370825","price":5.99,"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-paperback-9780571370825-60673297318227.jpg?v=1778140784","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/john-banville-the-drowned-2024-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}