{"product_id":"the-gathering-by-anne-enright","title":"The Gathering by Anne Enright","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Witty, original, inventive...utterly compelling' Daily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Man Booker Prize \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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. The Gathering is 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'It is clearly the product of a remarkable intelligence, combined with a gift for observation and deduction' A.L. Kennedy, Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eP\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 20 Mar 2008, Vintage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099501633\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 272 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56985615991166,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780099501633.jpg?v=1772099439","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/the-gathering-by-anne-enright","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}