{"product_id":"beyond-the-pale-paperback-7","title":"Beyond the Pale - 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\u003ePatrick Healy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dead author, a sprawling, unpaginated manuscript in longhand, and a mysterious editor struggling to unravel the narrative it contains ...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond the Pale\u003c\/em\u003e is a radically inventive literary novel set in 20th-century rural Ireland. At its heart is Bo, a gifted foster child growing up amid a disorienting flux of language, memory, and shifting identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFramed by the discovery of a deceased author's longhand manuscript, the narrative unfolds in nonlinear, polyphonic episodes echoing Ireland's oral tradition. With two names, two languages, and a makeshift household, Bo's voice begins to cohere from the sounds around him - prayers, songs, scraps of radio and conversation - as he dreams of escaping the constraints of the Pale (the historical base of English rule in Ireland).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteeped in Irish vernacular and reminiscent of the experimental styles of Joyce and Beckett, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Pale\u003c\/em\u003e is a dense, lyrical meditation on place, selfhood, and the creative force of language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Healy\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in Amsterdam, where he is currently at work on his next novel, \u003cem\u003eFatal Fragments\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 594\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48822300442873,"sku":"9789492027290","price":42.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4dEwTTWJrN9789492027290_d4682cf8-e803-459e-b950-5bad74e0b5ad.webp?v=1786799011","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/beyond-the-pale-paperback-7","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}