{"product_id":"an-evening-of-long-goodbyes","title":"An Evening of Long Goodbyes","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant first novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed as one of the funniest and most assured debuts of recent years, \u003ci\u003eAn Evening of Long Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. Featuring drinking, greyhound racing, vanishing furniture, more drinking, old movies, assorted Dublin lowlife, eviction and the perils of community theatre, Paul Murray's first novel is a tour de force of comedic writing wrapped in an honest-to-goodness tale of a man - and a family - living in denial.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hilarious, rich and satisfying' \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Comedy of the highest calibre and a good, fast-paced yarn. An excellent read' \u003ci\u003eSunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Arguably the funniest debut in years, \u003ci\u003eAn Evening of Long Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e ranks with Zadie Smith's \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth \u003c\/i\u003eas a stunning document of an English-speaking metropolis in flux. . . every joke, every observation, every name reverberates with playful nuance and nervy significance; the end result is a gleeful tweak of the New Ireland's proud nose'\u003ci\u003e LA Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the publication of \u003ci\u003eAn Evening of Long Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Murray has received much critical acclaim; his second novel, \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e, was Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2010.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52844454576496,"sku":"9780241955895","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0985\/0463\/8832\/files\/9780241955895.jpg?v=1767728013","url":"https:\/\/papervalebooks.com\/products\/an-evening-of-long-goodbyes","provider":"Papervale Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}