{"product_id":"9781101874608","title":"High Dive","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Named a Best Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Devastating . . . Inspired . . . We make so many complex emotional investments in the lives of Lee’s characters that it takes a monk’s restraint not to flip to the very end of the book before you get there.” —Jennifer Senior, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn September 1984, a bomb was planted at the Grand Hotel in the seaside town of Brighton, England, set to explode in twenty-four days when the British prime minister and her entire cabinet would be staying there. \u003ci\u003eHigh Dive\u003c\/i\u003e not only takes us inside this audacious assassination attempt—a decisive act of violence on the world stage—but also imagines its way into a group of unforgettable characters. Nimbly weaving together fact and fiction, comedy and tragedy, the story switches among the perspectives of Dan, a young IRA explosives expert; Moose, a former star athlete gone to seed, who is now the deputy hotel manager; and Freya, his teenage daughter, trying to decide what comes after high school. Over the course of a mere four weeks, as the prime minister’s arrival draws closer, each of their lives will be transformed forever.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A bold, astonishingly intimate novel of laughter and heartbreak, \u003ci\u003eHigh Dive\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving portrait of clashing loyalties, guilt and regret, and how individuals become the grist of history.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133468295408,"sku":"9781101874608","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101874608_p0.jpg?v=1763689546","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101874608","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}