{"product_id":"abstainer-pb","title":"Abstainer PB","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“This is Dickens in the present tense, Dickens for the twenty-first century.”—Roddy Doyle,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn Irishman in nineteenth-century England is forced to take sides when his nephew joins the bloody underground movement for independence in this propulsive novel from the acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe North Water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCHICAGO TRIBUNE \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• The New York Public Library • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManchester, England, 1867. The rebels will be hanged at dawn, and their brotherhood is already plotting its revenge. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eStephen Doyle, an Irish-American veteran of the Civil War, arrives in Manchester from New York with a thirst for blood. He has joined the Fenians, a secret society intent on ending British rule in Ireland by any means necessary. Head Constable James O’Connor has fled grief and drink in Dublin for a sober start in Manchester. His job is to discover and thwart the Fenians’ plans whatever they might be. When a long-lost nephew arrives on O’Connor’s doorstep looking for work, he cannot foresee the way his fragile new life will be imperiled—and how his and Doyle’s fates will become fatally intertwined.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this propulsive tale of the underground war for Irish independence, the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe North Water \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eonce again transports readers to a time when blood begot blood. Moving from the dirt and uproar of industrial Manchester to the quiet hills of rural Pennsylvania, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Abstainer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a searing novel in which two men, haunted by their pasts and driven forward by the need for justice and retribution, must fight for life and legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51812361634023,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/51vOGkXUaRL.webp?v=1771796224","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/abstainer-pb","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}