{"product_id":"where-are-the-kings-9780857529589","title":"Where Are the Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the winner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction and the Irish Book of the Year...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack is just twelve years old when he rushes down the hill after his mother's car on his bike, desperate to reach her before she reaches the lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens next cannot be undone. Jack's life changes just at the moment he is entering those dizzying years when he will transition from boy to man; when nothing makes sense at the best of times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Jack is not alone. Enveloped as he is by his extended family - his ferociously loving Nana; Grandad, given to sudden bursts of rage; his earthy uncles Haulie and Theo who want to show him what it means to be a man, and the irascible JJ who resents him deeply. Then there is beautiful aunt Rose, whose mere presence ignites every atom in his changing body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut how can a boy with so many questions, in a family with so many secrets, understand the person he is becoming? Without his mother to ground him on the earth, will he spin off into the stars?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Donal Ryan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 13 Aug 2026 by Transworld Publishers Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Donal Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320526971258,"sku":"9780857529589","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780857529589.jpg?v=1790656303","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/where-are-the-kings-9780857529589","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}