{"product_id":"iapetus-81-murt-malone-9798768070229","title":"Iapetus, '81: A novel inspired by true events","description":"The work focuses on the summer of 1981, in a horseracing stable on the Curragh. Inspired by true events, peopled by imagined characters, the work hinges on two major betting coups, one of which causes the bookies to strike. The RUC riot squad from the Maze Prison is called to the racecourse to quell the disturbance. It's the only occasion in horseracing's long and chequered history that bookies\/turf accountants went on strike. The 'strike' made national and international news. This work is layered with the lives of the characters working in the yard, during the summer.\u003cbr\u003eIt is an era of hunger strikes, the Stardust disco disaster, and of a flux of young people living in digs in the Curragh racecourse's satellite towns, adjusting to working lives holding false promise for many, and also deals with the transient nature of life in general. Three months in which every life in the yard is changed, with hope preserved or hope gained or hope lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Murt Malone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798768070229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Murt Malone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874385473791,"sku":"9798768070229","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/iapetus-81-murt-malone-9798768070229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}