{"product_id":"thethingaboutdecember","title":"The Thing About December","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘He heard Daddy one time saying he was a grand quiet boy to Mother when he thought Johnsey couldn’t hear them talking. Mother must have been giving out about him being a gom and Daddy was defending him. He heard the fondness in Daddy’s voice. But you’d have fondness for an auld eejit of a crossbred pup that should have been drowned at birth.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as he loses those who all his life have protected him from a harsh world. Village bullies and scheming land-grabbers stand in his way, no matter where he turns. \u003cbr\u003eSet over the course of one year of Johnsey’s life, \u003ci\u003eThe Thing About December\u003c\/i\u003e breathes with his grief, bewilderment, humour and agonizing self-doubt. This is a heart-twisting tale of a lonely man struggling to make sense of a world moving faster than he is.\u003cbr\u003eDonal Ryan’s award-winning debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Spinning Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, garnered unprecedented acclaim, and \u003ci\u003eThe Thing About December\u003c\/i\u003e confirms his status as one of the best writers of his generation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38103892033707,"sku":"16795","price":3.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/2_9f34bace-6f51-4aa5-b4d8-deeb8322d536.jpg?v=1692887767","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/thethingaboutdecember","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}