{"product_id":"9781806490271","title":"The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth - Adrian Duncan","description":"\u003cp\u003eAN IRISH INDEPENDENT AND IRISH TIMES BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR'An original voice' Colm T�ib�n'Duncan brings a new way of seeing' Irish Times'A deliberative and delicate reading experience, revelatory in the truest sense of that word' GuardianDuring winter season in a secluded Alpine city, John Molloy, an Irish restorative sculptor, meets Bernadette, an enigmatic Italian sociologist. As John falls in love, a distressing moment from his youth rises into view, the disastrous fallout of which has reverberated unchecked through his life. Years later, a letter from home arrives, asking him to pray for the speedy death of an ailing friend. Over a day-long odyssey through the ancient streets and churches of Bologna, John is forced to confront his present, his past and the bedrock of his psyche. A delicately crafted novel of two halves, a decade apart, The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth is a masterful excavation of human desires, inhibitions, and the patterns of habit to which we unwittingly fall prey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrian Duncan","offers":[{"title":"224 pages \/ 15\/01\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":56971002741111,"sku":"9781806490271","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781806490271.jpg?v=1781001859","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781806490271","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}