{"product_id":"the-bee-sting-a-novel","title":"The Bee Sting : A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"textMedium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_contributor  title_Author accFont\" title=\"Paul Murray\"\u003ePaul Murray\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBACKLIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"This title may not be sold to consumers before the stated date.\"\u003eOn Sale Date: September 3, 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_sku\"\u003e9781250338259, 1250338255\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pve_format\"\u003eTrade Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_categories\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"categories collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFiction \/ Literary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.edelweiss.plus\/#\" class=\"toggle icon-drop-down-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"textMedium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e656 pages | Announced 1st Print: 75K\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_illustrationNote  textSmall\"\u003ePrinted Endpapers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e20.7 cm H | 13.5 cm W | 2.9 cm T | 476.3 g Wt\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"An instant classic . . . Anyone who starts\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill be immediately absorbed by this extraordinary story about the derailing of a once-prosperous family.\" —Ron Charles,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie’s once-lucrative car business is going under—but Dickie is spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife, Imelda, is selling off her jewelry on eBay and half-heartedly dodging the attention of fast-talking cattle farmer Big Mike, while their teenage daughter, Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge drink her way through her final exams. As for twelve-year-old PJ, he’s on the brink of running away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you wanted to change this story, how far back would you have to go? To the infamous bee sting that ruined Imelda’s wedding day? To the car crash one year before Cass was born? All the way back to Dickie at ten years old, standing in the summer garden with his father, learning how to be a real man?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Murray’s exuberantly entertaining new novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting\u003c\/i\u003e, is a tour de force: a portrait of postcrash Ireland, a tragicomic family saga, and a dazzling story about the struggle to be good at the end of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":49956533469481,"sku":"9781250338259","price":420.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9420\/7529\/files\/9781250338259_81039.jpg?v=1741047698","url":"https:\/\/www.bookup.com.mx\/products\/the-bee-sting-a-novel","provider":"BOOKUPMX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}