{"product_id":"books-at-swim-two-boys-by-j-o-neill","title":"At Swim, Two Boys","description":"Praised as a work of wild, vaulting ambition and achievement by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Jamie O'Neill's first novel invites comparison to such literary greats as James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Charles Dickens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet during the year preceding the Easter Uprising of 1916--Ireland's brave but fractured revolt against British rule--\u003ci\u003eAt Swim, Two Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, tragic love story and a brilliant depiction of people caught in the tide of history. Powerful and artful, and ten years in the writing, it is a masterwork from Jamie O'Neill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim Mack is a naive young scholar and the son of a foolish, aspiring shopkeeper. Doyler Doyle is the rough-diamond son--revolutionary and blasphemous--of Mr. Mack's old army pal. Out at the Forty Foot, that great jut of rock where gentlemen bathe in the nude, the two boys make a pact: Doyler will teach Jim to swim, and in a year, on Easter of 1916, they will swim to the distant beacon of Muglins Rock and claim that island for themselves. All the while Mr. Mack, who has grand plans for a corner shop empire, remains unaware of the depth of the boys' burgeoning friendship and of the changing landscape of a nation.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506545090833,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780743207133.jpg?v=1778113593","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-at-swim-two-boys-by-j-o-neill","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}