{"product_id":"9780099501633-gathering","title":"Gathering","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty, original, inventive...utterly compelling'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWinner of the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gathering\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43291961196680,"sku":"9780099501633","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0371\/3443\/4440\/files\/gathering-9780099501633-747132.jpg?v=1738888360","url":"https:\/\/littlelostbookshop.com.au\/products\/9780099501633-gathering","provider":"The Little Lost Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}