{"product_id":"the-bar-at-the-bottom-conor-sharkey-9781835388617","title":"The Bar at the Bottom of Broadway","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHAUN 'Loaf' Donnelly has been pulling pints in Ballyrush his entire adult life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his hometown is changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Good Friday Agreement was supposed to herald the start of a bright new day for Northern Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight years on from its signing though and the peace is far from perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing a violent incident in The Barking Dog one night, Loaf decides he has had enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis cousin Johnny, a roguish but likeable character, has just signed the lease on a pub in the Isle of Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoaf agrees to join him and together they set out to resurrect the vacant, rundown Thirsty Sailor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll is going smoothly until thugs representing Charlie Harrison, the Isle of Man's top crime boss, turn up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarrison's nefarious dealings set in train a series of events that will have life-changing consequences for everyone involved in The Thirsty Sailor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile an unlikely friendship springs up between Loaf and his elderly neighbour, Magnus Quaye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Magnus does him a favour one day, Loaf offers the pensioner the opportunity to revisit Derry, the city where he met and married his beloved wife Josie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs if that wasn't enough, a drunken encounter with law student Abbey Vincent turns Loaf's world on its head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing her return home to Canada he decides to try and track her down via Facebook, the new social media site that has the world in its grip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis cyber quest proves fruitful but in a way he could never have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet over the course of a single summer, The Bar at the Bottom of Broadway is a warm, witty, beer-soaked tale of crime, camaraderie, romance and how life is all about the decisions we make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Conor Sharkey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835388612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835388617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Maple Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Conor Sharkey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089471058175,"sku":"9781835388617","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1ca7d76-d019-4105-baf2-7d9612b0db59.jpg?v=1769110459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bar-at-the-bottom-conor-sharkey-9781835388617","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}