{"product_id":"the-abstainer-paperback","title":"The Abstainer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is Dickens in the present tense, Dickens for the twenty-first century.\"--Roddy Doyle, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Irishman in nineteenth-century England is forced to take sides when his nephew joins the bloody underground movement for independence in this propulsive novel from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe North Water\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eCHICAGO TRIBUNE \u003c\/i\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e- The New York Public Library - \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Manchester, England, 1867. The rebels will be hanged at dawn, and their brotherhood is already plotting its revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stephen Doyle, an Irish-American veteran of the Civil War, arrives in Manchester from New York with a thirst for blood. He has joined the Fenians, a secret society intent on ending British rule in Ireland by any means necessary. Head Constable James O'Connor has fled grief and drink in Dublin for a sober start in Manchester. His job is to discover and thwart the Fenians' plans whatever they might be. When a long-lost nephew arrives on O'Connor's doorstep looking for work, he cannot foresee the way his fragile new life will be imperiled--and how his and Doyle's fates will become fatally intertwined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this propulsive tale of the underground war for Irish independence, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe North Water \u003c\/i\u003eonce again transports readers to a time when blood begot blood. Moving from the dirt and uproar of industrial Manchester to the quiet hills of rural Pennsylvania, \u003ci\u003eThe Abstainer\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing novel in which two men, haunted by their pasts and driven forward by the need for justice and retribution, must fight for life and legacy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eTh\u003c\/i\u003ee \u003ci\u003eNorth Water \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIncredible Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a winner of the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award and Historical Writer's Association Gold Crown Award. He lives in Manchester, England, where he teaches at the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699013652543,"sku":"9780593133880","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/db8d7c29388dc83ab253a27e223040fe.webp?v=1765012144","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-abstainer-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}