{"product_id":"bee-sting-the","title":"The Bee Sting | Paul Murray | Paperback Edition","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n        table, td, td {\n        border: 1px solid #ddd;\n        border-collapse: collapse;\n        }\n\n        table {\n        table-layout: fixed; \/* Fixed table layout *\/\n        }\n\n        td {\n        width: 50%; \/* Define width for td *\/\n        padding: 4px;\n        word-wrap: break-word;\n        white-space: pre-wrap;\n        }\n\n        tr:nth-child(even) {\n        background-color: #c9e5cc;\n        }\n\n        tr:nth-child(odd) {\n        background-color: #fff; \/* Add a style for odd rows *\/\n        }\n        --\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n        \u003c!-- more --\u003e\n        \u003c!--Start tab labels--\u003e\n        \u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e        \n          \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab1\"\u003eSummary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!--kaikora_description--\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab2\"\u003eSpecs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!--kaikora_description--\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab3\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!--kaikora_description--\u003e\n        \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c!--kaikora_description--\u003e        \n        \u003c!--Start tab content--\u003e\n        \u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n          \u003cli id=\"tab1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"c-book-details__keynote\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrresistibly funny, wise and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting \u003c\/i\u003eis a tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car dealership is going under, and while his wife is frantically selling off her jewellery on eBay, he's busy building an apocalypse-proof bunker in the woods. Meanwhile their teenage daughter is veering off the rails, in thrall to a toxic friendship, and her little brother is falling into the black hole of the internet...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere did it all go wrong? The present is in crisis but the causes lie deep in the past. How long can this unhappy family wait before they have to face the truth? And if the story has already been written, is there still time to find a happy ending?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!--kaikora_description--\u003e\n  \u003cli id=\"tab2\"\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 April 2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780241984406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImprint\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePenguin General UK\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e656\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFor more information on our shipping policy follow \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/folders.co.nz\/pages\/delivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ethis link\u003c\/a\u003e and for our returns policy \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/folders.co.nz\/pages\/online-returns-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eclick here.\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!--kaikora_description--\u003e\n  \u003cli id=\"tab3\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Murray was born in Dublin in 1975 and is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Evening of Long Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mark and the Void\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAn Evening of Long Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and longlisted for the Booker Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Mark and the Void\u003c\/i\u003e won the Everyman Wodehouse Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Nero Book of the Year Award and the An Post Irish Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Writers’ Prize for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. 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