{"product_id":"the-rag-tree-d-p-costello-9781439228319","title":"The Rag Tree: A novel of Ireland","description":"D.P. Costello's spellbinding novel, The Rag Tree, breathes dark, vivid life into Ireland's passionate legends. Crisp and sharp-witted, Costello's tale probes a modern Ireland torn between letting go of time-honored dreams and embracing the promises of a prosperous New Ireland. Even as they struggle against one another, the Irish Special Branch, the British Army, Scotland Yard, and the I.R.A. find themselves forced to ally against a common foe: The Rag Man. Mattie Joe Treacy is the Rag Man. Engrossed in a desperate quest to find his missing father, Mattie Joe is cursed-by the playboy's life of drink and carousing, by his family's staunch adherence to Ireland's old folk ways, and by a family curse hurled at his clan generations ago. The Curse of the O'Neills, invoked by an angry cleric against Mattie Joe's great-grandfather, declares that, \"the eldest son will not survive the father.\" No Treacy son has since outlived his father, and Mattie Joe is next in line to die. Or is he?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. P. Costello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439228310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439228319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Booksurge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.88d","brand":"D. P. Costello","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175395537151,"sku":"9781439228319","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76df23e5-109f-4daf-bd39-4a8bd1924806.jpg?v=1771333519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rag-tree-d-p-costello-9781439228319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}