{"product_id":"hungry-ghosts-a-bbc-2-between-the-covers-book-club-pick","title":"Hungry Ghosts : A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hosein, Kevin Jared \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 28\/03\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781526644459,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 ** LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024 *‘A shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic’ THE TIMES‘An astonishing novel’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO‘Deeply impressive ’ HILARY MANTELThe music was still playing when Dalton Changoor vanished into thin air... On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognisable to those who reside in the farm’s shadow. Down below is the barrack, a ramshackle building of wood and tin, divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the Saroops – Hans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, who live hard lives of backbreaking work, grinding poverty and devotion to faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  When Dalton Changoor goes missing and Marlee’s safety is compromised, farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as watchman. But as the mystery of Dalton’s disappearance unfolds their lives become hellishly entwined, and the small community altered forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHungry Ghosts is a mesmerising novel about violence, religion, family and class, rooted in the wild and pastoral landscape of 1940s colonial central Trinidad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2023 highlight for: Financial Times * Guardian * Evening Standard * Daily Mail * BBC News\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43104930627628,"sku":"9781526644459","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781526644459.jpg?v=1713019800","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/hungry-ghosts-a-bbc-2-between-the-covers-book-club-pick","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}