{"product_id":"the-palm-house","title":"The Palm House","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Gwendoline Riley (author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e224 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Booker Longlist 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Palm House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e might be my favourite novel of 2026 so far . . . It's very funny and so full of pathos and horror . . . I wanted to go back to the beginning and start again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohanna Thomas-Corr, The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis pristine book confirms Riley's position among the finest novelists working today. Her sentences are crystalline and perfect, and her attention to the world is always acute and occasionally tender - I love this book, and am awed by Riley's accomplishment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Perry, award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDeath of an Ordinary Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRiley writes with a poet's control, her prose so purely distilled that it appears artless . . . What is new is the gentle delicacy she brings to the deep and unshowy solace of friendship, moments of tenderness so exquisitely and exactly rendered that they are almost too intense to bear- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hunt's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58494408556925,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781035021048_a5ea62de-cf1e-44be-b75a-879d78420f84.jpg?v=1786032574","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/the-palm-house","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}