{"product_id":"black-dove-paperback","title":"Black Dove - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin McAdam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Stark and beautiful, horrifying and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eBlack Dove's\u003c\/i\u003e pages thrum with flight, transformation, grief, revenge, transcendence, the remorseless power of stories and the very nature of creation. Ever since reading, \u003ci\u003eBlack Dove\u003c\/i\u003e has drifted in and out of my dreams.\" --Helen Macdonald, author \u003ci\u003eH Is For Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a tall and narrow house, on a stained and busy street, live twelve-year-old Oliver and his father, a story-loving writer. Haunted by the ghost of his alcoholic mother, Oliver finds comfort in his father's impromptu tales: the \u003ci\u003eBlack Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, an elusive flower that gives strength; the girl who consumes it as she battles attackers and yearns for happier realms. Stories where lonely souls keep searching despite their losses and grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRunning from a bully one night, Oliver hides in a junk shop owned by an enigmatic man. Soon, instead of hiding in the janitor's closet after school, Oliver spends afternoons in the shop, a cavernous place full of storied oddities and grubby wonders where creatures rise up from the basement. A snake in the shape of a boy. A hunter named Night, part panther, part hound, who proves to Oliver that the world holds invisible wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWanting to forget his mother, afraid of his own genes, constantly harassed by bullies, Oliver joins the shop owner in experimenting with dangerous forms of genetic editing. Meanwhile, he meets the girl from across the street, and their friendship grows in a neighbourhood where magic is real, where murderers gather, and where the darker consequences of fantasies play out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA twisting story of grief and revenge, \u003ci\u003eBlack Dove\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling read with its own kind of magic. In rich but tightly reined prose, McAdam celebrates the value and shortfalls of storytelling, finding a light in all the darkness to conjure a tender portrait of childhood's end.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin McAdam\u003c\/b\u003e has a PhD in English from Cambridge University. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eSome Great Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eFall\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize. \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, his third novel, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696083767359,"sku":"9781641295338","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1663cbe3a1e4fc4b29fbaade2cfa9285.webp?v=1765006135","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/black-dove-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}