{"product_id":"strano-iamon-mathews-9781412079303","title":"Strano","description":"Provocative love story of young Irishman, Damien, who struggles to find shared intimacy and a sustained relationship - innocent love. His quest takes him to Glendalough monastery, to London and Bermuda. He explores issues of celibacy, love, desire, sexual diversity, lust, S\u0026amp;M, solitude, as well as sexual morality. \u003cp\u003e Damien struggles with an ongoing dilemma: his integrity is challenged at every step by wanting to be authentically Christian as well as gay. His mentor, Dom Ferdia, helps: excerpts from his journal provide a thoughtful background to the action, and try to build a bridge between the spiritual and the sexual. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This crossover novel is a fairy-tale invitation to open a window and feel what it's like to inhabit an alternative human story. It tries to work out an emotional truth with which we one can empathise, maybe even identify, and to open a chink for the general reader on what it really means to be gay. Incidentally, it illustrates how quickly Ireland moves from a pre-modern to a modern society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An imaginative fiction where only real people appear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iamon Mathews, Eamon Mathews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1412079306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412079303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trafford Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/30\/2012\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iamon Mathews","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123462598911,"sku":"9781412079303","price":21.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4dd44acc-de31-4870-93f1-b666b3a9d894.jpg?v=1687431029","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strano-iamon-mathews-9781412079303","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}