{"product_id":"gathering-3","title":"Gathering","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Witty, original, inventive...utterly compelling'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn''t the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother''s house, in the winter of 1968.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Gathering \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It is clearly the product of a remarkable intelligence, combined with a gift for observation and deduction'' A.L. Kennedy, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307731034494,"sku":"NW9780099501633","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780099501633.jpg?v=1778235713","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/gathering-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}