{"product_id":"ghost-light-paperback","title":"Ghost Light - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This involving novel puts you inside the mind of Molly Allgood, an elderly actress wandering around the brilliantly evoked 1950s London of crumbling lodging houses and uncleared bombsites. Contrasting with the down-at-heel circumstances to which she is reduced are memories, rendered with sensuous freshness and vernacular wit, of her rich past, especially her love affair in 1907 Dublin with the Abbey Theatre playwright John Synge in whose \u003ci\u003eThe Playboy of the Western World \u003c\/i\u003eshe starred.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003ePeter Kemp, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London), \"Books of the Year\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Dublin. His books include six previous novels: \u003ci\u003eCowboys and Indians \u003c\/i\u003e(short\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003elisted for the Whitbread Prize), \u003ci\u003eDesperadoes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInishowen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRedemption\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea \u003c\/i\u003ebecame an international bestseller, winning the Irish Post Award for Literature, and France's Prix Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi, and the Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year. His work has been published in thirty\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003efive languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.16 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42124719652999,"sku":"9781250002310","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/358a8c1ef5e826d371fbfc6b07dea834.webp?v=1732572302","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ghost-light-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}