{"product_id":"murderer","title":"Murderer","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMurderer\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRoy Heath\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781946022295\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMcNally Editions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe portrait of a dangerous and unknowable lost soul, by \"a chronicler nonpareil of 20th-century Guyanese life.\" (Margaret Busby, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuiet, reserved, painfully shy, Galton Flood arrives in the Guyanese township of Linden haunted by the death of his domineering mother. There he meets Gemma Burrowes, a vibrant young woman eager to escape the confines of her father's boarding house. They marry and make a home in the anonymous sprawl of Georgetown, Galton's native city, where Gemma starts to realize that there is something very wrong with this match, and with Galton himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn its first publication in 1978, \u003ci\u003eThe Murderer\u003c\/i\u003e was greeted as a landmark in Caribbean literature, acclaimed both for its subtle portrayal of a disturbed anti-hero and for revealing with \"uncanny precision . . . the discrepancy between the personal power of a woman within the family and her lack of influence outside it\" (Homi Bhabha, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"McNally Editions","offers":[{"title":"Murderer | Roy Heath | Book | 9781946022295 | New | Fiction 1417923","offer_id":50562501443842,"sku":"1417923","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/41nmQjJUQgL.jpg?v=1790726856","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/murderer","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}