{"product_id":"a-nest-of-simple-folk","title":"A Nest of Simple Folk","description":"\u003cp\u003eA novel of sustained power (the author's first work of fiction) and real vitality which tells the story of three generations of Irish people (the Hussey family) living, between 1854 and 1916, in southwestern Ireland. Their simple, poverty-stricken existence is punctuated with violence of revolutions and family dissension. The central figure, who is the link connecting the dozen of characters is Leo Foxe-Donnelly who spent a large part of his life in prison for Fenian activities and wasted the other part in various ways. The relationship of Leo with his nephew, Denis, the young misfit hero is the centre of the novel's drama. Both move increasingly into conflict with Denis' parents as the family moves from their rural past to an urban middle-class life. As the novel moves to its climax, Denis rejects all that his father has come to represent - respectability, law, frugality, the Catholic Church and the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sean-ofaolain-books\"\u003eSeán O'Faoláin\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Constable\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780094692701\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Constable","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £12.30","offer_id":47908985503921,"sku":"SB-009469270X-C3","price":12.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/009469270X.jpg?v=1789248781","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-nest-of-simple-folk","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}