{"product_id":"9780008711535_the-resurrectionist","title":"The Resurrectionist","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeath is only the beginning…⚰️\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Breathtaking … A new talent [in] the field of gothic historical literature'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Devilishly macabre … As dark as a midnight graveyard' \u003c\/strong\u003ePATRICE McDONOUGH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Hauntingly gothic, intimately told, and wickedly, wonderfully grotesque' \u003c\/strong\u003eMARIELLE THOMPSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*#1 BOOK OF THE MONTH – AMAZON EDITOR’S PICK*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*A USA TODAY BESTSELLER*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚰️\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this gothic, twisty debut historical novel, a young medical student is lured into the underworld of body snatching in 19th-century Edinburgh … and unexpectedly falls in love. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1828.\u003c\/strong\u003e James Willoughby arrives in Edinburgh with empty pockets a dream of studying surgery. 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