{"product_id":"songdogs-by-colum-mccann-9781037204258","title":"Songdogs","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe debut novel from National Book Award winner and Booker nominee Colum McCann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Colum McCann conjures a hugely inventive debut'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘McCann writes equally well about Ireland, America and Mexico, and he links past and present in a finely woven narrative: \u003cem\u003eSongdogs\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid, beautifully measured book’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e__________________\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColum McCann's first novel goes back to the years before the Spanish Civil War, following the adventures of a peripatetic Irish photographer from the war-strewn shores of Europe to the exotic plains of Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is told in the words of the photographer's only son, a wanderer himself, who uses his father's unreliable memories and the fading remnants of his art to piece together his family history and explain the mystery surrounding his mother - a Mexican beauty brought back by his father to Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603154780396,"sku":"9781037204258","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781037204258-songdogs.jpg?v=1778056360","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/songdogs-by-colum-mccann-9781037204258","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}