{"product_id":"9781526644480","title":"Hungry Ghosts : A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick - and 'an early contender for the Booker' (The Times)","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Hosein, Kevin Jared | Fiction \u0026amp; related items \u003cbr\u003ePublished 16\/02\/2023 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003eHardback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e162 x 243 x 34mm | 658g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e* A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 * 'This shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic deserves to be a Booker contender . . . [A] sumptuous, brilliantly written novel' THE TIMES'An astonishing novel - linguistically gorgeous, narratively propulsive and psychologically profound' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Deeply impressive . . . Energy and inventiveness distinguish every page' HILARY MANTEL'The biggest, most frightening, beautiful and alive novel I've read in as long as I can remember' EVIE WYLDA 2023 highlight for:  Financial Times * Guardian * Evening Standard * Daily Mail  * BBC NewsThe music was still playing when Dalton Changoor vanished into thin air... On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognisable to those who reside in the farm's shadow. Down below is the barrack, a ramshackle building of wood and tin, divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the Saroops - Hans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, who live hard lives of backbreaking work, grinding poverty and devotion to faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  When Dalton Changoor goes missing and Marlee's safety is compromised, farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as watchman. But as the mystery of Dalton's disappearance unfolds their lives become hellishly entwined, and the small community altered forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHungry Ghosts is a mesmerising novel about violence, religion, family and class, rooted in the wild and pastoral landscape of 1940s colonial central Trinidad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45201879302441,"sku":"9781526644480","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781526644480","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}