{"product_id":"old-gods-time","title":"Old God's Time","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2023 by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You should be reading Sebastian Barry. [He] has a special understanding of the human heart.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A prose stylist of near-miraculous skill. . . Barry reaches deep into the messenger bag of mystery fiction and turns the whole business inside out . . . marvelous.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An unforgettable novel from one of our finest writers.\" --Douglas Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the five-time Booker Prize nominee and 2018-2021 Laureate for Irish Fiction, a virtuosic, profound novel exploring love, memory, grief, and long-buried secrets \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return of his family: his beloved wife June and their two children, Winnie and Joe. But when two former colleagues turn up at his door with questions about a decades-old case, one which Tom never quite came to terms with, he finds himself pulled into the darkest currents of his past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautiful, haunting novel in which nothing is quite as it seems, \u003ci\u003eOld God's Time\u003c\/i\u003e is about what we live through, what we live with, and what may survive of us.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942033817831,"sku":"9780593296127","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_b4029cfa-7907-47b8-a9a7-73252ae9fb6c.jpg?v=1775244047","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/old-gods-time","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}