{"product_id":"the-bee-sting-a-novel-3","title":"The Bee Sting: A Novel","description":"One of The New York Times Top 10 Books of the Year\nWinner of the An Post Irish Book of the Year, the Nero Gold Prize, and the Nero Book Award for Fiction\nShortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Writers' Prize for Fiction\nFinalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction\n\nOne of The New Yorker's Essential Reads\nOne of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year\nOne of TIME's 10 Best Fiction Books of the Year\nA Dua Lipa x Service95 Book Club Pick\n\nFrom the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart.\n\nThe 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.\n\nIf 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?\n\nThe Bee Sting, Paul Murray’s exuberantly entertaining new novel, 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250338255\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1250338255.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Murray, Paul\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41730444001338,"sku":"DBV.1250338255.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1250338255-0_bbf1fc25-8258-4532-9b71-dcd933c17a5a.jpg?v=1791442025","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-bee-sting-a-novel-3","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}