{"product_id":"the-gathering-3","title":"The Gathering","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Man Booker Prize 2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. His sister Veronica was there then, as she is now: keeping the dead man company, just for another little while.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gathering\u003c\/em\u003e is a family epic, condensed and clarified through the remarkable lens of Anne Enright's unblinking eye. It is also a sexual history: tracing the line of hurt and redemption through three generations - starting with the grandmother, Ada Merriman - showing how memories warp and family secrets fester. This is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gathering\u003c\/em\u003e sends fresh blood through the Irish literary tradition, combining the lyricism of the old with the shock of the new. As in all Anne Enright's work, fiction and non-fiction, this is a book of daring, wit and insight: her distinctive intelligence twisting the world a fraction and giving it back to us in a new and unforgettable light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #ff2a00;\" href=\"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com\/search?q=Anne+Enright\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com\/search?q=Anne+Enright\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\"\u003eMore books by Anne Enright\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Anne Enright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42571571986601,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/gathering.jpg?v=1663207626","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-gathering-3","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}