{"product_id":"snow-9781335013330","title":"Snow","description":"\"One of the very best mysteries of this or any other year.\" --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format... Superbly rich and sophisticated.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Detective 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beautifully crafted, darkly evocative and pulsing with suspense, \u003cem\u003eSnow\u003c\/em\u003e is \"the Irish master\" (\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e) John Banville at his page-turning best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanover Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781335013330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"John Banville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44507434352821,"sku":"9781335013330","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5edb2f94-3fc3-4a87-97c4-3ff97c56b9cc.jpg?v=1722312387","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/snow-9781335013330","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}