{"product_id":"shuttlecock","title":"Graham Swift: Shuttlecock [1999] paperback","description":"Prentis, senior clerk in the 'dead crimes' department of police archives, is becoming more and more confused. Alienated from his wife and children, and obsessed by his father, a wartime hero now the mute inmate of a mental hospital, Prentis feels increasingly unsettled as his enigmatic boss, Mr Quinn, turns his investigation towards him - and his father. Gradually Prentis suspects that his father's breakdown and Quinn's menacing behaviour are connected and the link is to be found in his father's memoirs, \"Shuttlecock\". 'Excellent, profound' - Alan Hollinghurst, \"London Review of Books\". 'An astonishing study of forms of guilt, laced with a thread of detection, and puckering now and then into outrageous humour' - \"Sunday Times\". 'A superbly written claustrophobic account of power that corrupts private and public life and of guilt that becomes obsession' - \"Daily Telegraph\". 'Swift's central strength as a writer is his integrity. Story and character are treated with a seriousness and respect that while allowing for the oddity of human behaviour - \"Shuttlecock\" is thoroughly and beautifully odd - always honours them' - \"Times Literary Supplement\".\u003cbr\u003e'Serious, moving and often very funny indeed' - \"Observer\".","brand":"Swift, Graham","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":51983608054099,"sku":"XG80330353717","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48042401038675,"sku":"XV80330353717","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":51983608086867,"sku":"9780330353717","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/swift-graham-graham-swift-shuttlecock-1999-paperback-1194853989.jpg?v=1758905960","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/shuttlecock","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}