{"product_id":"snow-paperback-6","title":"Snow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditors' Choice Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format...superbly rich and sophisticated.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e--New York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe incomparable Booker Prize winner's next great crime novel--the story of a family whose secrets resurface when a parish priest is found murdered in their ancestral home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetective Inspector St. John Strafford has been summoned to County Wexford to investigate a murder. A parish priest has been found dead in Ballyglass House, the family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1957 and the Catholic Church rules Ireland with an iron fist. Strafford--flinty, visibly Protestant and determined to identify the murderer--faces obstruction at every turn, from the heavily accumulating snow to the culture of silence in the tight-knit community he begins to investigate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he delves further, he learns the Osbornes are not at all what they seem. And when his own deputy goes missing, Strafford must work to unravel the ever-expanding mystery before the community's secrets, like the snowfall itself, threaten to obliterate everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully crafted, darkly evocative and pulsing with suspense, \u003cem\u003eSnow\u003c\/em\u003e is \"the Irish master\" (New Yorker) John Banville at his page-turning best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon't miss John Banville's next novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Lock-up\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther riveting mysteries from John Banville: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eApril in Spain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161460314247,"sku":"9781335629036","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a4e821e58288c72e93fb54d48e940254.webp?v=1733281345","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/snow-paperback-6","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}