{"product_id":"the-giant-obrien-hilary-mantel-9780312426880","title":"The Giant, O'Brien","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon, 1782: center of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and the desperately poor. In the midst of it all is the Giant, O'Brien, a freak of nature, a man of song and story who trusts in myths, fairies, miracles, and little people. He has come from Ireland to exhibit his size for money. O'Brien's opposite is a man of science, the famed anatomist John Hunter, who lusts after the Giant's corpse as a medical curiosity, a boon to the advancement of scientific knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her acclaimed novel, two-time Man Booker Prize winning author Hilary Mantel tells of the fated convergence of Ireland and England. As belief wrestles knowledge and science wrestles song, so \u003ci\u003eThe Giant, O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e calls to us from a fork in the road as a tale of time, and a timeless tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312426887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312426880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Hilary Mantel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046308442367,"sku":"9780312426880","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd307dbc-b414-4c0f-a325-f267d6db81ad.jpg?v=1684983832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-giant-obrien-hilary-mantel-9780312426880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}