{"product_id":"benbecula-paperback-1","title":"Benbecula - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGraeme MacRae Burnet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooker-nominated Graeme Macrae Burnet returns to the historic Scotland of \u003ci\u003eHis Bloody Project\u003c\/i\u003e to tell the multi-layered story of madness and murder in the MacPhee family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the summer of 1857 on the distant Scottish Island of Benbecula, Angus MacPhee, returning from a fortnight's work at a house a few miles away, seems to have lost his mind, forcing his family to keep him shackled to his bed. When he is finally allowed to go at large, his erratic behaviour leads to the conviction that he should be committed to an asylum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive years later, Malcolm MacPhee is living alone in the house where his brother's madness led to horrifying ends. Isolated, ostracised by his small community, Malcolm is haunted, the stench of his brother's crimes lingering as the reek cleaves to the thatch. Is he afflicted by the same madness? And to where has his sister Marion disappeared?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on letters, asylum records, and witness statements, Graeme Macrae Burnet returns to the historic Scotland of \u003ci\u003eHis Bloody Project\u003c\/i\u003e to construct a beguilingly layered narrative about madness, murder, and the uncertain nature of the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraeme Macrae Burne\u003c\/b\u003et was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and now lives in Glasgow.\u003ci\u003e His Bloody Project\u003c\/i\u003e, his second novel, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, won the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award 2016, and was shortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Awards 2017. His fourth novel, \u003ci\u003eCase Study\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 and was included in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.5 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267562782969,"sku":"9781771967020","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vH_Z95BZxC9781771967020_a48e18c5-48d1-4b24-98f9-30cdd23e0e38.webp?v=1768868168","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/benbecula-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}