{"product_id":"international-book-glenn-patterson-9780771071119","title":"The International","description":"Acclaimed Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson's classic novel of a day in the life in that city: a funny, brilliantly observed, bittersweet snapshot of a moment in 1967 just before everything changed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf I had known history was to be written that Sunday in the International Hotel I might have made an effort to get out of bed before teatime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins \u003cb\u003eThe International\u003c\/b\u003e. Danny Hamilton takes us back over three troubled decades to one wonderfully ordinary Saturday, in January 1967, when his 18-year-old self had no idea -- most people had no idea -- that ordinary days in Belfast would soon become tragically rare. Ordinary, but packed with extraordinarily observed characters; and extraordinary enough for Danny to fall in love twice (and think about sex a few more times than that). Ordinary, but when someone calls out Be careful in parting, no one takes it lightly and for good reason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in the UK in 1999, and reissued by Blackstaff in 2008, \u003cb\u003eThe International\u003c\/b\u003e is a timeless novel: funny, bawdy, deftly crafted, and heartwrenchingly humane. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing an essay On Reading \u003cb\u003eThe International\u003c\/b\u003e by Man Booker-Prize winner Anne Enright","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50317144326417,"sku":"CIN0771071116G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51331914301713,"sku":"CIN0771071116VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0771071116.jpg?v=1751170043","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/international-book-glenn-patterson-9780771071119","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}