{"product_id":"9781526678027","title":"Groundwater","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: McMullan, Thomas\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526678027\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the winner of the Betty Trask Prize an atmospheric and powerfully menacing story about family, secrets and violence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Richly unsettling ... A masterclass in apprehension' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unsettling and seductive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterful portrait of the fractious, shimmering webs underneath our not-so ordinary lives' Sophie Mackintosh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Complex, chilling, masterful' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is a novel that gets right under your skin' Ella Frears\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn and Liz have left the city behind to move to a remote house on the shores of the lake. Though the house is barely unpacked, Liz's sister, with her children and her husband, have come to visit for the August bank holiday weekend. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a hot, slow weekend, tensions simmer; things go unsaid between the two couples, between the two sisters. Their time together is punctured by visits from Jim, the solitary local warden for the area; and a group of students camping nearby draw closer and closer, finally infiltrating the house and bringing their own tensions and hierarchies with them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the weekend draws to a close, the landscape reveals a violence that has long lain hidden and the summer builds to its harrowing climax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaut and menacing, full of disquiet and tenderness, \u003ci\u003eGroundwater \u003c\/i\u003eis about the gulfs that lies between us and those we love and the miraculous ways our deepest desires and fears manifest. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643232145566,"sku":"UBD-9781526678027","price":42.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526678027.jpg?v=1774484814","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526678027","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}