{"product_id":"adam-oriordan-the-burning-ground-2017-hardback","title":"Adam O'Riordan: The Burning Ground [2017] hardback","description":"A masterful debut short story collection from the award-winning, critically-acclaimed poet Adam O'Riordan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these eight stories, an English writer focuses his gaze on America's West Coast, moving from fractured lives in remote, sun-scorched towns to the charged hum of Venice Beach. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man visits his long-distance lover in Los Angeles and forges an unexpected bond with a fellow traveller on the way; a teenager interviews a businessman for his school newspaper and their paths continue to cross, throughout life; the foreman of a desert building project embarks on a journey down the Pacific Coast Highway and into California's underworld when his employer's daughter goes missing; a lonely widower reflects on the past and confronts a disturbing and long suppressed memory; a divorced father tries to reconnect with his son on a hunting trip; an artist finds peace in exile after the disintegration of an affair; and itinerant Brits discuss love and acting in downtown LA. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWritten with an outsider's keen eye, this collection of stories paints an intimate portrait of diverse lives, in a work of remarkable beauty and poignancy.","brand":"O'riordan, Adam","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48084560413011,"sku":"XV81408864777","price":2.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/o-riordan-adam-adam-o-riordan-the-burning-ground-2017-hardback-xv81408864777-55698503926099.jpg?v=1727786112","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/adam-oriordan-the-burning-ground-2017-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}