{"product_id":"the-giant-obrien-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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-517346\"\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312426880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312426887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC098050\"\u003eWorld Literature | England | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilary Mantel is the bestselling author of many novels including \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. \u003ci\u003eBring Up the Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, Book Two of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy, was also awarded the Man Booker Prize and the Costa Book Award. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eA Change of Climate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Place of Greater Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEight Months on Ghazzah Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Experiment in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Giant, O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFludd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Black\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvery Day Is Mother's Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVacant Possession\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written a memoir, \u003ci\u003eGiving Up the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e. Mantel was the winner of the Hawthornden Prize, and her reviews and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in England with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42680514969837,"sku":"9780312426880","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f962c39d-79fc-4a5c-aabd-b3e96beead2a.jpg?v=1649695345","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-giant-obrien-9780312426880","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}