{"product_id":"martin-john-9781771960342","title":"Martin John","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2015 Giller Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmong \u003ci\u003eThe National Post's\u003c\/i\u003e Top 5 Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmong \u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star's\u003c\/i\u003e Top 5 Fiction Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmong \u003ci\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/i\u003e's Favourite Novels of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire's\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmong \u003ci\u003eThe Edmonton Journal's\u003c\/i\u003e Top 5 Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 49th Shelf Book of the Year, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmong \u003ci\u003eNOW Toronto's\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin John's mam says that she is glad he is done with it. But is Martin John done with it? He says he wants it to stop, his mother wants it to stop, we all want it to stop. But is it really what Martin John wants? He had it in his mind to do it and he did it. Harm was done when he did it. Harm would continue to be done. Who will stop Martin John? Will you stop him? Should she stop him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Anakana Schofield, the brilliant author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eMalarky\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a darkly comic novel circuiting through the mind, motivations and preoccupations of a character many women have experienced but few have understood quite so well. The result confirms Schofield as one of the bravest and most innovative authors at work in English today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnakana Schofield \u003c\/b\u003eis an Irish-born writer, who won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the Debut-Litzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for her debut novel \u003ci\u003eMalarky\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771960342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Scotiabank Giller Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2015 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2016 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2016 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/11\/2016 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anakana Schofield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506194878645,"sku":"9781771960342","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dd257fe5-647c-47f6-814f-97ddf1fff8d4.jpg?v=1668526507","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/martin-john-9781771960342","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}