{"product_id":"9780593296127","title":"Old God's Time","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2023 by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You should be reading Sebastian Barry. [He] has a special understanding of the human heart.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A prose stylist of near-miraculous skill. . . Barry reaches deep into the messenger bag of mystery fiction and turns the whole business inside out . . . marvelous.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An unforgettable novel from one of our finest writers.” —Douglas Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the five-time Booker Prize nominee and 2018-2021 Laureate for Irish Fiction, a virtuosic, profound novel exploring love, memory, grief, and long-buried secrets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return of his family: his beloved wife June and their two children, Winnie and Joe. But when two former colleagues turn up at his door with questions about a decades-old case, one which Tom never quite came to terms with, he finds himself pulled into the darkest currents of his past. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful, haunting novel in which nothing is quite as it seems, \u003ci\u003eOld God's Time\u003c\/i\u003e is about what we live through, what we live with, and what may survive of us.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370454421565,"sku":"9780593296127","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780593296127_p0.jpg?v=1771570487","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780593296127","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}