{"product_id":"the-death-of-all-things-seen","title":"The Death of All Things Seen","description":"\u003cp\u003e'There was a new beginning. He felt it everywhere, in the sweep of change, in the simple pronouncement of \"Yes we can!\"' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 2008 and Norman Price – a moderately successful forty-something playwright living in Chicago – considers the shuddering impact of the financial crash. What's needed, he thinks, is the will for a new existence. When his parents die, one shortly after the other, The New Existence becomes Norman's mantra as he tries to recalibrate his own shaken world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto Norman's tentative re-building, a couple of bombshells are dropped. His parents' old house has to go on the market, forcing him to revisit the past. And then he receives a mysterious email from a man he has never met but whose name is instantly, painfully, familiar. Norman's new existence is suddenly threatened by past secrets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Collins takes post 9\/11 America as the background for a deeply moving novel about complex identities and the fragility of humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/michael-collins-books\"\u003eMichael Collins\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Head of Zeus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781784974961\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47917051183281,"sku":"SB-178497496X-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/178497496X.jpg?v=1789678355","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-death-of-all-things-seen","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}