{"product_id":"speckled-people-9780007149988","title":"Speckled People","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe childhood world of Hugo Hamilton is a confused place: His father  a brutal Irish nationalist  demands his children speak Gaelic at home whilst his mother  a softly spoken German emigrant who escaped Nazi Germany at the beginning of the war  encourages them to speak German. All Hugo wants to do is speak English. English is  after all  what the other children in Dublin speak. English is what they use when they hunt down Hugo (or Eichmann as they dub him) in the streets of Dublin  and English is what they use when they bring him to trial and execute him at a mock seaside court. Out of this fear and confusion Hugo tries to build a balanced view of the world  to turn the twisted logic of what he is told into truth. It is a journey that ends in liberation but not before this little boy has uncovered the dark and long-buried secrets that lie at the bottom of his parents wardrobe.In one of the finest books to have emerged from Ireland since Patrick McCabes THE BUTCHER BOY and Seamus Deanes READING IN THE DARK  acclaimed novelist Hugo Hamilton has finally written his own story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67868462743605,"sku":"ByrdShop_0007149980","price":42.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780007149988.jpg?v=1793548139","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/speckled-people-9780007149988","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}