{"product_id":"9780571260201","title":"The Absence of Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e- he hadn't forgotten i was there - he just didn't care whether i was there or not - it would've been better him forgetting rather than not caring at all \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGerry and Iggy face the ends of their lives in a London hostel. As they drift from present concerns - the funeral of an old drinking partner, the relative sizes of their swollen livers, tube routes, street names, God and the lure of Belfast - to remembering ghosts from long ago, we catch a poignant glimpse of what might have been. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwen McCafferty's \u003ci\u003eThe Absence of Women, \u003c\/i\u003eheartrending and darkly comic in turn, premiered at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, in February 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107606216944,"sku":"9780571260201","price":15.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571260201_p0.jpg?v=1763718661","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571260201","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}