{"product_id":"silverback-9780349727981b","title":"Silverback","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIn 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSilverback \u003c\/span\u003eis a powerful portrayal of the complications of masculinity and of the line between fragility and violence told in an unforgettable voice.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSilverback \u003c\/span\u003eis both a murder mystery and a knottily impressive portrait of a peculiarly Ulster form of masculinity' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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 MAIL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fleet Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822116311120,"sku":"9780349727981B","price":11.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780349727981-l.jpg?v=1785886550","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/silverback-9780349727981b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}