{"product_id":"ghost-light-paperback","title":"Ghost Light - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGhost Light\u003c\/i\u003e is [Joseph] O'Connor's vivid and sometimes visionary reimagining of the love affair between Molly Allgood and the Irish dramatist John Millington Synge. . . . O'Connor rides the wave of Irish eloquence . . . a jagged lyricism redolent of Seamus Heaney.\"\u003ci\u003e --The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDublin. 1907. Outspoken and flirtatious, Molly Allgood is a Catholic girl from the slums of Dublin, dreaming of stardom as an actress in America. Her lover, the leading playwright John Synge, is a troubled genius, whose life is hampered by convention and by the austere and God-fearing mother with whom he lives. Their affair, sternly opposed by friends and family, is quarrelsome, affectionate and tender. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany years later, Molly, now a poverty-stricken old woman, makes her way through London's bomb-scarred city streets, alone but for a snowdrift of memories. As she struggles to navigate the present, Molly's past threatens to consumer her.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Dublin. His books include six previous novels: \u003ci\u003eCowboys and Indians \u003c\/i\u003e(short\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003elisted for the Whitbread Prize), \u003ci\u003eDesperadoes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInishowen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRedemption\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea \u003c\/i\u003ebecame an international bestseller, winning the Irish Post Award for Literature, and France's Prix Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi, and the Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year. His work has been published in thirty\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003efive languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.16 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327586963693,"sku":"9781250002310","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/P4CcOsa0iC9781250002310.webp?v=1784880744","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/ghost-light-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}