{"product_id":"at-swim-two-boys","title":"At Swim, Two Boys","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraised as “a work of wild, vaulting ambition and achievement” by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Jamie O’Neill’s first novel invites comparison to such literary greats as James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Charles Dickens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Mack is a naïve young scholar and the son of a foolish, aspiring shopkeeper. Doyler Doyle is the rough-diamond son—revolutionary and blasphemous—of Mr. Mack’s old army pal. Out at the Forty Foot, that great jut of rock where gentlemen bathe in the nude, the two boys make a pact: Doyler will teach Jim to swim, and in a year, on Easter of 1916, they will swim to the distant beacon of Muglins Rock and claim that island for themselves. All the while Mr. Mack, who has grand plans for a corner shop empire, remains unaware of the depth of the boys’ burgeoning friendship and of the changing landscape of a nation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSet during the year preceding the Easter Uprising of 1916—Ireland’s brave but fractured revolt against British rule—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAt Swim, Two Boys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tender, tragic love story and a brilliant depiction of people caught in the tide of history. Powerful and artful, and ten years in the writing, it is a masterwork from Jamie O’Neill.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e div\u0026gt;\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50100566098205,"sku":"9780743222952","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780743222952.jpg?v=1750798064","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/at-swim-two-boys","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}