{"product_id":"the-rescue-man-9780099531937","title":"The Rescue Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Quinn\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 to 2013 he was the film critic for the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of six novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Rescue Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2009 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award; \u003ci\u003eHalf of the Human Race\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Streets\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Walter Scott Prize; \u003ci\u003eCurtain Call\u003c\/i\u003e, which was chosen for Waterstones and \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday \u003c\/i\u003eBook Clubs; \u003ci\u003eFreya, \u003c\/i\u003ea Radio 2 Book Club choice, and \u003ci\u003eEureka\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThoughtful, beautifully observed and utterly compelling * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating novel - very moving and beautifully nuanced and observed - it beguiles with a tremendous slow-burning power -- William Boyd\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant...an involving meditation on passion, history and architecture * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA love letter to Liverpool...ambitiously conceived... He has perfect pitch when it comes to the prose of each period, so much so that when I started the novel, I had the uncanny sense that what I was reading must have been salvaged from the 1940s. Its every line convinces -- Kate Kellaway * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThe story has the resonant simplicity of a poem... \u003ci\u003eThe Rescue Man\u003c\/i\u003e turns the ongoing frenzy of construction and destruction into a quietly powerful metaphor of how we grow up * Guardian *","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017524445527,"sku":"9780099531937","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099531937.jpg?v=1750773829","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rescue-man-9780099531937","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}