{"product_id":"the-abstainer-9780593133880","title":"The Abstainer","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is Dickens in the present tense, Dickens for the twenty-first century.\"--Roddy Doyle, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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 \u003ci\u003eThe North Water\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eCHICAGO TRIBUNE \u003c\/i\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e- The New York Public Library - \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Manchester, England, 1867. The rebels will be hanged at dawn, and their brotherhood is already plotting its revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stephen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this propulsive tale of the underground war for Irish independence, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe North Water \u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Abstainer\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593133880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.63d","brand":"Ian McGuire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956553957557,"sku":"9780593133880","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b43d4d9c-e066-4111-85da-6bcfac2a0fd2.jpg?v=1620221400","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-abstainer-9780593133880","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}