{"product_id":"the-swill","title":"The Swill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I can't resist: \u003ci\u003eThe Swill\u003c\/i\u003e is swell. It reads like the princely offspring of Chandler and Lehane. It's sharp, witty, violent. It's a sort of political\/historical thriller, but what made it important to me is that it's really about family, all kinds of family.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eDaniel Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Fish\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Isn't Going to End Well\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePort Kydd, 1929. Joshua Rivers, his pregnant wife Lily, his criminal sister Olive, a geriatric dog Orla, and a cast of ne'er-do-wells eke out life in The Swill, a speakeasy passed down through the Rivers family. Outside, political and race wars rage in The Bonny, the rough Irish neighborhood where they have always lived. But when Olive's in trouble and asks her brother to help her pull a job--one with roots that reach way back into the Rivers family history--who will take the fall? Can The Swill shelter the family, as it always has, or is their luck gone for good? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Swill\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a winding and unpredictable path through history and class where every surface sparkles brilliantly with period detail. Gutierrez twines a half century of skullduggery, of Pinkertons, gangsters, speakeasies, of family, family secrets, and betrayals, into an arresting tale that is brutal, tender, and riveting. He writes unsentimentally, with humor, and with a deep and abiding love for the novel's real subject, which is that of history and how deeply and intimately it connects us and shapes our fates. That is Gutierrez's real genius and what makes this thriller so much more, what makes it so memorable.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eAlexander Parsons\u003c\/b\u003e, director of creative writing at the University of Houston and author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadows of the Sun \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Atmospheric and taut, Michael Gutierrez's \u003ci\u003eThe Swill\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling, raucous novel about art and history and violence. Imagine a barroom, low lit and pulsing with story, and imagine that story being told by Hemingway, Tarantino and Denis Johnson. That is Michael Gutierrez and his fabulous novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Swill\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eTravis Mulhauser\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSweet Girl \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Leapfrog Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781948585392\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Leapfrog Press","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £754.80","offer_id":47919261057201,"sku":"SB-1948585391-C3","price":754.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1948585391.jpg?v=1789819308","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-swill","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}