{"product_id":"poor-ghost-9781399740746","title":"Poor Ghost!","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gabriel Flynn\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Gabriel Flynn's work, rich with insight and wit, makes the world newly vivid'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Messud, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThis Strange Eventful History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Laconic and darkly poignant, Poor Ghost tackles class, grief and narrative perplexity with distinctive dry wit'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeon Craig, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParallel Hells\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A brilliantly simple idea . . . compellingly complicated characters'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAidan Cottrell-Boyce, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe End of Nightwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIntimate, clever, unforgettable'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElvia Wilk, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOval\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Darkly funny and deeply intelligent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulianne Pachico, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJungle House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Luca drops out of his prestigious PhD programme and moves back home to Manchester, he thinks he'll take some time to consider his life choices: the failed love affair that ended in a disastrous holiday and embarrassing exit, the pursuit of an academic life that gave him nothing but a strong sense of failure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn need of money, and still convinced the literary life might be for him, Luca takes on a job as a ghost writer: Andy, who has progressive MS, wants Luca to write his life story. Luca's own father had MS and eventually took his own life - making the assignment a full immersion in the dark parts of his childhood Luca has never really dealt with. Luca has his own ideas about what Andy's book should be like - but he'll have to learn how to curb his dreaming, if he ever wants to get paid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile his love of literature and intellectual ambition might have got him so far away from his childhood in Manchester, Luca is grappling with what it means to try to go home again - how far where you're from shapes you, and how difficult your parent's past is to shake off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45608527855767,"sku":"9781399740746","price":1390.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781399740746.webp?v=1769294527","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/poor-ghost-9781399740746","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}