{"product_id":"the-giant-obrien-9780312426880","title":"The Giant, O'Brien","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon, 1782: center of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and the desperately poor. In the midst of it all is the Giant, O'Brien, a freak of nature, a man of song and story who trusts in myths, fairies, miracles, and little people. He has come from Ireland to exhibit his size for money. O'Brien's opposite is a man of science, the famed anatomist John Hunter, who lusts after the Giant's corpse as a medical curiosity, a boon to the advancement of scientific knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her acclaimed novel, two-time Man Booker Prize winning author Hilary Mantel tells of the fated convergence of Ireland and England. As belief wrestles knowledge and science wrestles song, so \u003ci\u003eThe Giant, O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e calls to us from a fork in the road as a tale of time, and a timeless tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e twice won the Booker Prize, for her best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eBring Up the Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e. The final novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror \u0026amp; the Light\u003c\/i\u003e, debuted at #1 on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list and won critical acclaim around the globe. Mantel authored over a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eA Place of Greater Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Black, \u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir \u003ci\u003eGiving Up the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692661117202,"sku":"9780312426880","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0986ac0f-876c-4e7a-8212-8498acace912.jpg?v=1734130889","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-giant-obrien-9780312426880","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}