{"product_id":"birchwood-original","title":"Birchwood (Original)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBirchwood (Original)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Banville\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781335928450\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHanover Square Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eOriginal\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA classic novel of family, isolation and a blighted Ireland from the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sea \u003c\/em\u003edepicts\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethe end of innocence for a boy and his country.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Once the big house on an Irish estate, Birchwood has turned into a dilapidated family manor filled with memories and despair. One disaster succeeds another, until young Gabriel Godkin runs away to join a traveling circus and look for his long-lost twin sister. Soon he discovers that famine and unrest stalk the countryside, and Ireland is ruined too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told with lyrical prose, John Banville's \u003cem\u003eBirchwood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis the elegiac story of the aristocratic decline of an eccentric family riddled with dark secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"John Banville is one of the greatest masters of the English language.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Hanover Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Birchwood (Original) | John Banville | Paperback | 9781335928450 | New | Fiction 1580448","offer_id":50619691172098,"sku":"1580448","price":33.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81ll3au-fmL.jpg?v=1791187771","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/birchwood-original","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}