{"product_id":"9780375500817","title":"Martha Peake: A Novel of the Revolution","description":" Master storyteller Patrick McGrath—author of the critically acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eAsylum\u003c\/i\u003e and a finalist for England's prestigious Whitbread Prize for fiction—once again spins a hypnotic tale of psychological suspense and haunting beauty. Set among the teeming streets and desolate wharves of Hogarth's London, then shifting to the powder-keg colony of Massachusetts Bay, \u003ci\u003eMartha Peake\u003c\/i\u003e envelops the reader in a world on the brink of revolution, and introduces us to a flame-haired heroine who will live in the imagination long after the last page is turned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSettled with our narrator beside a crackling fire, we hear of the poet and smuggler Harry Peake—how Harry lost his wife, Grace, in a tragic fire that left him horribly disfigured; how he made a living displaying his deformed spine in the alehouses of eighteenth-century London; and how his only solace was his devoted daughter, Martha, who inherited all of his fire but none of his passion for cheap gin. As the drink eats away at Harry's soul, it opens ancient wounds; when he commits one final act of unspeakable brutality, Martha, fearing for her life, must flee for the American colonies. Once safely on America's shores, Martha immerses herself in the passions of smoldering rebellion. But even in this land of new beginnings, she is unable to escape the past. Caught up in a web of betrayals, she redeems herself with one final, unforgettable act of courage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuperbly plotted and wholly absorbing, \u003ci\u003eMartha Peake\u003c\/i\u003e is an edge-of-your-seat shocker that is crafted with the psychological precision Patrick McGrath's fans have come to expect. A writer whose novels \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e hascalled both \"mesmerizing\" and \"brilliant,\" McGrath applies his remarkable imaginative powers to a fresh and broad historical canvas. \u003ci\u003eMartha Peake\u003c\/i\u003e is the poignant, often disturbing tale of a child fighting free of a father's twisted love, and of the colonists' struggle to free themselves from a smothering homeland. It is Patrick McGrath's finest novel yet.  ","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008356630768,"sku":"9780375500817","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375500817_p0.gif?v=1763691431","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375500817","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}