{"product_id":"illuminations-paperback-2","title":"Illuminations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Illuminations, \u003c\/i\u003ethe fifth novel from Andrew O'Hagan, a writer \"of astonishingly assured gifts\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), is a work of deeply charged beauty--and one that demonstrates, with poignancy and power, that no matter how we look at it, there is no such thing as an ordinary life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Quirk's life is built on stories--the lies she was told by the man she loved and the fictions she told herself to survive. Nobody remembers Anne now, but in her youth she was an artistic pioneer, a creator of groundbreaking documentary photographs. Her beloved grandson Luke, a captain with the Royal Western Fusiliers in the British army, has inherited her habit of transforming reality. When his mission in Afghanistan goes horribly wrong, he returns to Scotland, where the secrets that have shaped his family begin to emerge. He and Anne set out to confront a mystery from her past among the Blackpool Illuminations--the dazzling lights that brighten the seaside town as the season turns to winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Britain's most exciting and serious contemporary writers. He has twice been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. He was voted one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young British Novelists in 2003. He has won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOur Fathers, Be Near Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Illuminations\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720270680127,"sku":"9781250094681","price":26.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7a8e7dac55d824e1cc39a242da9fe91b.webp?v=1765088600","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/illuminations-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}