{"product_id":"ithaca-2","title":"Alan McMonagle: Ithaca [2017] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS ENERGY IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIthaca\u003c\/i\u003e, the ferociously funny and unbelievably poignant debut novel from Alan McMonagle, combines a fiercely emotional story with crackling prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis was the summer after all the money disappeared. One minute it was here. The next it had vanished. All of it. Without trace . . . Now that all the money had vanished everyone had their eyes and ears ready for all manner of doom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer 2009, and eleven-year-old Jason Lowry is preoccupied with thoughts of the Da he has never known. In the meantime, his vodka-swilling, swings-from-the-hip Ma is busy entertaining her latest boyfriend and indulging her fondness for joyriding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason escapes to the Swamp: a mysteriously rising pool of fetid water on the outskirts of the town. There, he meets the girl, a being as lost as himself, and with even less regard for reality. Together, they conjure exotic adventures - from ancient Egypt to the search for Ithaca, home of Odysseus. But what begin as innocent flights of fancy soon become forays into hazardous territory; the girl is a dangerous (and very committed) partner in crime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mcmonagle, Alan","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49388295815507,"sku":"9781509829842","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47421681238355,"sku":"XV81509829842","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":51025603658067,"sku":"XE81509829842","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mcmonagle-alan-alan-mcmonagle-ithaca-2017-hardback-58848058933587.jpg?v=1747759771","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/ithaca-2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}