{"product_id":"the-gorgeous-inertia-of-the-earth-paperback","title":"The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdrian Duncan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne winter, in a secluded Alpine city, Irish sculptor John\u003cbr\u003eMolloy meets Bernadette, an enigmatic Italian sociologist. As John falls in\u003cbr\u003elove, a distressing moment from his youth rises into view, the disastrous\u003cbr\u003efallout of which has reverberated unchecked through his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears later, a letter from home arrives, asking him to pray for the speedy\u003cbr\u003edeath of an ailing friend. Over a day-long odyssey through the ancient streets\u003cbr\u003eand churches of Bologna, John is forced to confront his present, his past and\u003cbr\u003ethe bedrock of his psyche. A delicately crafted novel of two halves, a decade\u003cbr\u003eapart, \u003ci\u003eThe Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterful\u003cbr\u003eexcavation of human desires, inhibitions and the patterns of habit to which we\u003cbr\u003eunwittingly fall prey.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian Duncan is an Irish artist and writer. He is the\u003cbr\u003eauthor of Love Notes from a German Building Site, which won the John McGahern\u003cbr\u003eBook Prize, A Sabbatical in Leipzig, which was shortlisted for the Kerry Novel\u003cbr\u003eof the Year, and The Geometer Lobachevsky. \u003ci\u003eThe Gorgeous Inertia of the\u003cbr\u003eEarth \u003c\/i\u003eis his fourth novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741538169053,"sku":"9781806490271","price":23.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/gU47u0KDGS9781806490271.webp?v=1789883506","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-gorgeous-inertia-of-the-earth-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}