{"product_id":"9781788168649","title":"BOOTH : Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Fowler, Karen Joy \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 09\/02\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 496 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781788168649,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 OPEN BOOK 'Brilliantly recounts the story of the American theatrical dynasty that produced Lincoln's assassin' Sunday Times Book of the MonthIn 1822, a stage is set: Englishman Junius Booth - celebrated Shakespearean actor and man of mesmerising charm and instability - moves to a remote cabin outside Baltimore with his wife, who bears him ten children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the six who survive infancy, one is John Wilkes - the hot-tempered but much-loved middle son who, in 1865, fatally shoots Abraham Lincoln in a Washington theatre, changing the course of history. What makes a murderer? His family or the world? And how can those who love him ever come to terms with his actions? Strikingly relevant to the world today, Booth is the story of one extraordinary family and the terrible act that shattered their bonds forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40852621164588,"sku":"9781788168649","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781788168649_38b3a307-6ee5-4a8d-9f94-0f27301c8fd8.jpg?v=1759668477","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781788168649","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}