{"product_id":"9781784705664","title":"Montpelier Parade","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Geary, Karl\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 7 September 2017 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 15 | 174g\u003cp\u003eSelected as a Book of the Year in 2017 in the Irish Times and The Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2017 'A delicate, crystalline, hugely impressive novel... He's yet another masterful younger writer coming through... Wonderful' - Sebastian BarryHer house is on Montpelier Parade - just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Sonny is fixing a crumbling wall in the garden when he sees her for the first time, coming down the path towards him. Vera. Vera is older, wealthier, sophisticated, but chance meetings quickly become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. But there is something unsettling that Vera is keeping from him. Unfolding in the sea-bright Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is an indelible novel about the things that remain unspoken between lovers. It is about how deeply we can connect with one another, and the choices we must make alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geary, Karl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465795047608,"sku":"9781784705664","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781784705664.jpg?v=1734714036","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781784705664","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}