{"product_id":"9780743207140","title":"At Swim, Two Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): O'Neill, Jamie \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/07\/2002,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 656 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780743207140,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e~ The Irish contemporary classic in a beautiful new edition ~ 'Weren't you never out for an easy dip?' he asked . . . 'I don't mean the baths, I mean with a pal. For a lark like.' Out at the Forty Foot, that great jut of Dublin rock where gentlemen bathe in the scandalous nude, two boys meet day after day. There they make a pact: that Doyler will teach Jim to swim, and in a year, they will swim the bay to the distant beacon of the Muglins rock, to raise the Green and claim it for themselves. As a turbulent year drives inexorably towards the Easter Rising of 1916 and Ireland sets forth on a path to uncertain glory, a tender, secret love story unfolds. Written with verve and mastery in a modern Irish tradition descended from James Joyce and Flann O'Brien, At Swim, Two Boys is a shimmering novel of unforgettable ambition, intensity and humanity. 'One of the greatest Irish novels ever written' David Marcus 'The music of Jamie O'Neill's prose creates a new Irish symphony' Peter Ackroyd 'Heartachingly beautiful' Independent on Sunday 'A vivid picture of human freedom' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697298473004,"sku":"9780743207140","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780743207140_bb557f3e-f614-4cfd-a532-64a710a1ba71.jpg?v=1759664664","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780743207140","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}