{"product_id":"book-j1z7","title":"THE MAKER'S NAME","description":"\u003cp\u003eA literary, historical, Irish family-saga fiction piece, for grownups\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLucid, engaging prose covering half a century of a provincial Irish business family, which could be microcosmic of the nation, from a first-time author.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Considine brothers, Rudi and Gus, are at war. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir father, Malachi, has died in a ‘freak accident’. But are there actually such things as freak accidents? When Rudi attempts to grab Gus’s inheritance there’s a real prospect of human blood appearing on the Hawthorne Meats slaughterhouse floor. Enter Cosgrave, a solicitor with expensive tastes, and Toomarood, the banker with an eye to making money outside of his day job. Mix in the ‘free’ energy device, after experts have stated that the promoters are suffering from long-term, severe self-delusion. Does this all make up a catastrophe waiting to happen? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e         How will Gus’s childhood friend, Raymond Quinn, his partner, Kaarina, and their children, be able to deal with him being placed under an exit ban in China because of his part in a pyramid scheme that has defrauded Chinese small investors? Is Gus really the nice guy everyone thinks he is? His activities as a ‘celebrity butcher’ might suggest otherwise. Does Rudi go too far by defrauding Quinn senior and his business partner through the use of a shadow company?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e         Is Rudi capable of murder?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e         And Rudi’s wife, Penny - whose side is she on?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e         Treachery hangs over this story of the pressures and tensions, both personal and commercial, of Celtic-Tiger era Ireland, especially when that edifice is destroyed in the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e         For Rudi, the payback from Gus and Raymond is severe indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Findaway World, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49400924209456,"sku":"BDj1z7","price":9.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/578642-j1z7-Square.jpg?v=1735569343","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-j1z7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}