{"product_id":"after-a-dance-9781035024865","title":"After a Dance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridget O'Connor was born in London in 1961, and began her career as a writer whilst working in a building-site canteen. In her spare moments she penned darkly comic and excruciatingly well-observed short stories, one of which, Harp', won the 1991 Time Out short story prize. Two collections followed, \u003ci\u003eHere\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eComes John\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and \u003ci\u003eTell Her You Love Her\u003c\/i\u003e (1997). In 2001 her stage play \u003ci\u003eThe Flags\u003c\/i\u003e was performed at the Manchester Royal Exchange before being produced in Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Slovenia, and Australia. Like so much of her writing, it was praised as much for being sharp and gritty' as for its sublimely drawn' characters and situations (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e). As a screenwriter, Bridget often worked with her husband, Peter Straughan, and their final screenplay together was the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning \u003ci\u003eTinker Tailor Soldier Spy\u003c\/i\u003e. She once called herself a happy pessimist, and shining humour into dark corners was a speciality in her work an","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577755865431,"sku":"9781035024865","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781035024865.jpg?v=1746096505","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/after-a-dance-9781035024865","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}