{"product_id":"the-bee-sting-paperback","title":"The Bee Sting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eop 10 Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Post Irish Book of the Year, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe Nero Gold Prize, and the Nero Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Writers' Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's Essential Reads of 2023. One of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post's \u003c\/i\u003e10 Best Books of 2023. One of \u003ci\u003eTIME's \u003c\/i\u003e10 Best Fiction Books of the Year. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, New York Public Library, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand more. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies \u003c\/i\u003ecomes Paul Murray's \u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting\u003c\/i\u003e, an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but Dickie is spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife, Imelda, is selling off her jewelry on eBay and half-heartedly dodging the attention of fast-talking cattle farmer Big Mike, while their teenage daughter, Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge drink her way through her final exams. As for twelve-year-old PJ, he's on the brink of running away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you wanted to change this story, how far back would you have to go? To the infamous bee sting that ruined Imelda's wedding day? To the car crash one year before Cass was born? All the way back to Dickie at ten years old, standing in the summer garden with his father, learning how to be a real man? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Murray's exuberantly entertaining new novel, is a tour de force: a portrait of postcrash Ireland, a tragicomic family saga, and a dazzling story about the struggle to be good at the end of the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Murray\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1975 in Dublin. He is the author of three previous novels. \u003ci\u003eAn Evening of Long Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) was short-listed for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Mark and the Void\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) was the joint winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and was named one of \u003ci\u003eTime'\u003c\/i\u003es Top 10 Fiction Books of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.18 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kirkus Prize (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker Prize (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987668074797,"sku":"9781250338259","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/yshUKSdpuE9781250338259.webp?v=1776183360","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-bee-sting-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}