{"product_id":"9780552779524","title":"A Country Road, A Tree : Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Memorial Prize for Historical Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Baker, Jo \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 09\/02\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 400 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780552779524,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LONGBOURNSHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2017  'Skilful . . . daring . . . extraordinary' The Guardian'A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years' IAN RANKIN'Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good' Daily Mail'Marvellous, spare, moving' FRANCIS SPUFFORD'Insightful . . . beautifully paced . . . authentic’ The Irish TimesParis, 1939: The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs Elysees. A young writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon, he will put is own life and those of his loved ones in mortal danger by joining the Resistance...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpies, artists, deprivation, danger and passion: this is a story of life at the edges of  human experience, and of how one man came to translate it all into art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunday Express Book of the MonthPraise for Jo Baker's LONGBOURN:'Intoxicating' Guardian'Engrossing' Sunday Times'Audacious' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697278746668,"sku":"9780552779524","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780552779524_e0309ef5-ade2-473a-8fbd-3502f683c310.jpg?v=1759658294","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780552779524","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}