{"product_id":"glister-9780099507840","title":"Glister","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnside\u003c\/b\u003e was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 2011\u003ci\u003e Black Cat Bone\u003c\/i\u003e won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel that pierces the heart of evil... Consume it at night. Turn out the lights and watch the walls glow * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eBaffling, haunting, terrifying, moving, and compulsively readable * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eIn the end we are left with the resonance of a book whose centre is nowhere but whose circumference is extraordinarily large * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eNobody does eerie quite like John Burnside... exquisite and haunting..... the violence in \u003ci\u003eGlister\u003c\/i\u003e is shot through with an awful grace...As with all of Burnside's work - poetry, novels and memoir - there is a vision of something inexplicable at the heart of things. I doubt I will read a more unsettling and memorable book this year * Scotland on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eDarkly compelling murder mystery., the novel is also a densely layered engagement with questions of politics, spirituality, environmentalism and meta fiction. It is an incredible book; its echoes sound long after the end has been reached * Big Issue *","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017521398103,"sku":"9780099507840","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099507840.jpg?v=1750773819","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/glister-9780099507840","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}