{"product_id":"the-comets-by-eoin-mcnamee-9781529449969","title":"The Comets","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'For over thirty years, Eoin McNamee has been one of the outstanding writers of his generation' David Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'McNamee's books are intense and compressed, but so carefully worked that they read smoothly' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bureau\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eResurrection Man\u003c\/i\u003e, a complete collection of Eoin McNamee's shorter fiction, published in one volume for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach of these stories is a world to itself, steeped in eerie beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA frosty northern witch changes the life of a twelve-year-old girl by teaching her that women keep their dreams in their hair. The wondrous souls of the dead become bright comets arcing over a seaside town. A girl on fire runs through the snow, and a woman on the run is transformed into an ice queen by her own will. Lives unravel and are remade; if they are lost, they are lost to beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt once realist and magical, contemporary and timeless, \u003ci\u003eThe Comets\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Eoin McNamee's status as one of Ireland's greatest prose stylists and a storyteller of inalienable power.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47874105344236,"sku":"9781529449969","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529449969-the-comets.jpg?v=1782982368","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-comets-by-eoin-mcnamee-9781529449969","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}