{"product_id":"9780670024636","title":"The Visitors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical novel set in America and Ireland from the Story Prize–winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hill Road\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he did so masterfully in the connected novellas of \u003ci\u003eThe Hill Road\u003c\/i\u003e, Patrick O’Keeffe’s first novel moves back and forth in time and place to weave the story of two Irish families forever linked by love, secrets, and their heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Dwyer was born in rural county Limerick before moving to Dublin as a teenager and ultimately settling in Ann Arbor. One night James’s past appears in the form of a down-and-out man named Walter, who issues an invitation for James to come to Upstate New York to visit his old childhood neighbor, Kevin Lyons. Although neither James nor Kevin particularly cares for each other, there’s no denying their complicated past. Kevin and James’s sister, Tess, were lovers while James fell hard for Kevin’s sister, Una.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlluminating the precarious balance of family intimacies and how stories can carry over from one generation to the next, O’Keeffe’s \u003ci\u003eThe Visitors \u003c\/i\u003efurther delivers on the elegant prose and plotting that earned him critical acclaim and the Story Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Hill Road\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016776761584,"sku":"9780670024636","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780670024636_p0.jpg?v=1763605786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780670024636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}