{"product_id":"at-swim-two-boys-9780743222952","title":"At Swim, Two Boys","description":"\u003cb\u003ePraised as \"a work of wild, vaulting ambition and achievement\" by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Jamie O'Neill's first novel invites comparison to such literary greats as James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Charles Dickens.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim Mack is a na?ve young scholar and the son of a foolish, aspiring shopkeeper. Doyler Doyle is the rough-diamond son--revolutionary and blasphemous--of Mr. Mack's old army pal. Out at the Forty Foot, that great jut of rock where gentlemen bathe in the nude, the two boys make a pact: Doyler will teach Jim to swim, and in a year, on Easter of 1916, they will swim to the distant beacon of Muglins Rock and claim that island for themselves. All the while Mr. Mack, who has grand plans for a corner shop empire, remains unaware of the depth of the boys' burgeoning friendship and of the changing landscape of a nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet during the year preceding the Easter Uprising of 1916--Ireland's brave but fractured revolt against British rule--\u003ci\u003eAt Swim, Two Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, tragic love story and a brilliant depiction of people caught in the tide of history. Powerful and artful, and ten years in the writing, it is a masterwork from Jamie O'Neill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaised in County Dublin, Jamie O'Neill is the author of \u003ci\u003eKilbrack\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt Swim, Two Boys, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Fiction and the Lambda Literary Award in Gay Men's Fiction. He lives in Galway, Ireland\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635159044370,"sku":"9780743222952","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13c968b1-e797-4bd9-97fd-4bc316b817f6.jpg?v=1732835611","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/at-swim-two-boys-9780743222952","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}