{"product_id":"the-hill-bachelors-9780140294699","title":"The Hill Bachelors","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hill Bachelors\u003c\/i\u003e - a remarkable collection of stories from the master storyteller William Trevor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''There is no better short story writer in the English-speaking world'' \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hill Bachelors\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning meditation on men and women and the heartbreak of missed opportunities: three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love''s consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part will heal her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid the terrible beauty of Ireland after the Rebellion; and in the title story, a young man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on the family farm. These twelve beautifully rendered tales reveal Trevor''s unrivalled compassion for the human condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''His tight, perfected short stories - each an astonishing performance in which melodramatic situations are turned, by acute psychological insight, into classic drama - make him\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017565077847,"sku":"9780140294699","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140294699.jpg?v=1750773965","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hill-bachelors-9780140294699","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}