{"product_id":"9781913512507","title":"The Body in the Library","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Graham Caveney\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 May 2024 by Peninsula Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 13mm | 184g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Graham Caveney was a child the word 'cancer' was unspeakable, only uttered in jokes told by people too frightened to say the word in any other context. Now the boy with perpetual nervousness is a fifty-something man, and the oncologist in front of him is saying words evacuated of all meaning: Inoperable. Incurable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this startling and deeply moving memoir from one of the great chroniclers of British working-class life, Graham Caveney charts a year of disease from diagnosis to past 'original sell-by-date'. Shot through with Northerness, tenderness, and Caveney's trademark humour, The Body in the Library reflects on an unfinished lifetime filled with books and with love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's it like to realise that the books on your shelf will remain unread? That the book you are writing will be your last - that you have become your own deadline?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graham Caveney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56153875317061,"sku":"9781913512507","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781913512507_0460ce4d-4533-49b3-ad85-45014a5f49da.jpg?v=1773516952","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781913512507","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}