{"product_id":"9781526644459","title":"Hungry Ghosts : A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hosein, Kevin Jared \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 28 March 2024 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 26 | 262g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 ** LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024 *‘A shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic’ THE TIMES‘An astonishing novel’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO‘Deeply impressive ’ HILARY MANTELThe 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\u003eA 2023 highlight for: Financial Times * Guardian * Evening Standard * Daily Mail * BBC News\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44902089425155,"sku":"9781526644459","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781526644459.jpg?v=1731348659","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781526644459","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}