{"product_id":"snow-paperback","title":"Snow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the very best mysteries of this or any other year.\" --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format... Superbly rich and sophisticated.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been summoned to County Wexford to investigate a murder. A parish priest has been found dead in Ballyglass House, the family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year is 1957 and the Catholic Church rules Ireland with an iron fist. Strafford--flinty, visibly Protestant and determined to identify the murderer--faces obstruction at every turn, from the heavily accumulating snow to the culture of silence in the tight-knit community he begins to investigate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As he delves further, he learns the Osbornes are not at all what they seem. And when his own deputy goes missing, Strafford must work to unravel the ever-expanding mystery before the community's secrets, like the snowfall itself, threaten to obliterate everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beautifully crafted, darkly evocative and pulsing with suspense, \u003cem\u003eSnow\u003c\/em\u003e is \"the Irish master\" (\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e) John Banville at his page-turning best.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 6.6 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683220656191,"sku":"9781335013330","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/49523ef8e5639a1ec04c12dda5e68e8d.webp?v=1764963089","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/snow-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}