{"product_id":"john-of-john-1","title":"John of John","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSHUGGIE BAIN\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYOUNG MUNGO.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Oprah's Book Club pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘You finish the novel feeling emotionally enriched and slightly bereft at leaving its characters behind’ \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is special' \u003cb\u003e- Colm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Passionate, liberating, and gorgeous'\u003cb\u003e -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMin Jin Lee \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant and rare' \u003cb\u003e- Ann Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece' \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eElaine Feeney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fierce, glorious sting of a novel' \u003cb\u003e- Lauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOut of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry home to the island of Harris to find that not much has changed except for him. In the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal resumes his old life, caught between the two poles of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, weaver, and pillar of their local Presbyterian church, and his Glaswegian grandmother Ella, who has kept a faltering peace with her son-in-law for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Cal wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, John is dismayed by his son’s long hair and how he seems unwilling to be Saved. As the seasons pass, everything is poised to change as the threads holding together the fragile community become increasingly entangled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stuart’s most consummate work of literature to date' \u003ci\u003e- Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intimate yet epic in scale . . . enthralling'\u003ci\u003e - Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eMiraculous\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eThis beautiful story of literal and metaphorical homecoming is wholly satisfying' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA capacious, ambitious novel, both swiftly readable and genuinely profound\u003ci\u003e' - The Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A superb example of what a novel can do . . . I'd give him another Booker right away' \u003ci\u003e- The Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Told in beautiful, thoughtful prose that transports readers to lives and locales they will never know' - \u003ci\u003eFT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Douglas Stuart at his best . . . Reader, hold this masterpiece in your hands and feel yourself forever changed ' - \u003ci\u003eMirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas Stuart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56931151642889,"sku":"9781037416781","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/6181\/4281\/files\/9781035086962JohnofJohnCover.jpg?v=1762958814","url":"https:\/\/bookstation.ie\/products\/john-of-john-1","provider":"Bookstation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}