{"product_id":"spies-in-canaan-david-park-9781526631961","title":"Spies in Canaan","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bold and unsettling parable about guilt, atonement and redemption from the winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'It is seldom that one can say a book is perfect, but this is as close as I've seen in a very long time' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT\n\u003cbr\u003e'A bold and unsettling parable about guilt, atonement and redemption' IRISH TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichael has travelled a long way from his boyhood under the endless skies of the Midwest. His retirement is peaceful, if solitary. But one day there is a visitation: a mysterious car on the seafront, and a package delivered. From its contents, Michael understands that he has been commissioned to undertake a final journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Michael makes his way deep into a distant desert - a strange and liminal landscape that lies between hell and redemption - he undertakes another journey, into long-suppressed memories: of Vietnam and the dying days of war, and to face a final accounting for what was done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaut, atmospheric and moving, Spies in Canaan is a powerful elegy to the pain of love, the guilt of old age, and the grace of atonement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Another compact marvel ... This is a meditative novel that, while investing heavily in a patient build-up of atmosphere, never forgets the need to put a foot on the gas' DAILY MAIL\n\u003cbr\u003e'David Park's novels are always elegantly written' INDEPENDENT\n\u003cbr\u003e'Unflinching, courageous, wise, alert to the thrill and sorrow of violence ... Adds to David Park's status as a superb novelist' FRANK MCGUINNESS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Park","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175614546163,"sku":"9781526631961","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"As New","offer_id":49096106639603,"sku":"9990002960215","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49096106672371,"sku":"8880002907598","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781526631961.jpg?v=1662076092","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/spies-in-canaan-david-park-9781526631961","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}