{"product_id":"9780571397495","title":"In the Forest","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Edna O'Brien\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 February 2026 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 23mm | 238g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spruces are so close together that the barks are a sable-brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael O'Kane is known as the 'Kinderschrek', the 'child scarer'. He haunts Cloosh Wood in western Ireland. As a boy he lost his mother and by the age of ten he was in prison. Now he seeks sacrificial victims to satisfy his delusional fantasies: a beautiful young mother, her infant son and a trusting priest, who are enticed into the forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by a real triple homicide, this novel is a 'tour de force of finely restrained fury' (Newsday).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edna O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58288099426629,"sku":"9780571397495","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780571397495.jpg?v=1781597279","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780571397495","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}