{"product_id":"9780857529589","title":"Where are the Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Ryan, Donal \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 13\/08\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780857529589,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the winner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction and the Irish Book of the Year...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Beautiful, hilarious and completely gripping…a story filled with love that shines a light on all the hidden places’ RACHEL JOYCE‘Donal Ryan uncovers the poetry that hides within ordinary life. He also conjures up characters so solid, so complete and authentic, it immediately feels as though you have known them for your entire life’ JOANNA CANNON'Warm, irreverent and humane' JAN CARSON Jack is just twelve years old when he rushes down the hill after his mother's car on his bike, desperate to reach her before she reaches the lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens next cannot be undone. Jack's life changes just at the moment he is entering those dizzying years when he will transition from boy to man; when nothing makes sense at the best of times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Jack is not alone. Enveloped as he is by his extended family - his ferociously loving Nana; Grandad, given to sudden bursts of rage; his earthy uncles Haulie and Theo who want to show him what it means to be a man, and the irascible JJ who resents him deeply. Then there is beautiful aunt Rose, whose mere presence ignites every atom in his changing body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut how can a boy with so many questions, in a family with so many secrets, understand the person he is becoming? Without his mother to ground him on the earth, will he spin off into the stars?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57218722693493,"sku":"9780857529589","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780857529589.jpg?v=1779438418","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780857529589","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}