{"product_id":"the-river-capture-by-mary-costello-9781925355314","title":"The River Capture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the winner of the Irish Book of the Year Award comes this lyrical and quietly profound story of romance, family legacy and the enduring literary power of James Joyce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThirty-four-year-old Luke O'Brien has left the city to live a quiet, bookish life on the River Sullane in County Waterford. Alone in his big house, he longs for a return to his family's heyday and turns to books—especially \u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e—for solace and sublimation. One morning, a young woman arrives at his door and enters his life, with profound consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA novel that pays glorious homage to Joyce, \u003cem\u003eThe River Capture\u003c\/em\u003e tells of a man's phenomenal descent into near madness when love is lost. It is about humanity's capacity for good and evil and what happens when Nature is thwarted. More than anything, it is a book about the life of the mind and the redemptive powers of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46672370041068,"sku":"9781925355314","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13878473482873.jpg?v=1752843414","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-river-capture-by-mary-costello-9781925355314","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}