{"product_id":"9780349728001","title":"Silverback : 'A dark unnerving tale' (John Boyne)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Harrison, Phil\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 19 June 2025 by Little, Brown Book Group (Fleet) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 16 | 168g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Visceral and unpredictable, Silverback is doing what novels do best . . . Told with real intelligence, skill and compassion, this is a seriously impressive novel' COLIN WALSH'Silverback is both a murder mystery and a knottily impressive portrait of a peculiarly Ulster form of masculinity' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Highly original . . . Many novels about The Troubles depict the horrors that take place on the street. This one, set at an intriguing remove, exposes the more ambiguous horrors gnawing within' DAILY MAILIn a Belfast courtroom Robert Rusting is on trial for the murder of his father, a former loyalist hardman. On the jury is James Fechner, a middle-aged surgeon in search of meaning in the hushed rooms of justice, inexplicably drawn to the younger man before him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter trial, Fechner can't quite return to life before those days in court. In dingy pubs and rowdy boxing halls Fechner inserts himself into Rusting's world in another guise, following a compulsive pull to an aggressive, unapologetic way of life. So begins a close friendship, a relationship in which a battle for control is tacit but unspoken - and explosive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilverback is a powerful portrayal of the complications of masculinity and of the line between fragility and violence told in an unforgettable voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55085892305220,"sku":"9780349728001","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/9780349728001.jpg?v=1754908945","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.com\/products\/9780349728001","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}