{"product_id":"9780007429493_after-the-lockout","title":"After The Lockout","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovember 1917. With tensions in Ireland, war in Europe and revolution in Russia, Victor Lennon returns to his home village after a long exile. Radicalised by his experiences in the Dublin Lockout and Easter Rising, Victor is a hero to many but a danger to some.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose closest to Victor know his true nature: his father, Pius, now drinking himself to death; his oldest friend, Charlie, wounded in the trenches; and the love of his life, Maggie, who he left behind years before. But soon Victor and the fearsome parish priest, Stanislaus Benedict, are on a collision course, with the very souls of the people caught between religion and socialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from the perspectives of these two equally strong-willed characters, After the Lockout is a first novel of tremendous ambition and achievement. At its heart is a conflict emblematic of a recurring faultline in Irish history, and of one more eternal and universal: between hope and experience; between ideals and human weakness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darran McCann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895198339221,"sku":"9780007429493","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007429493_8fe71c76-33a5-43db-b70e-27a340c74e0d.jpg?v=1776888247","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007429493_after-the-lockout","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}