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The giant, O'Brien : a novel by Mantel, Hilary is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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***New York Times Book Review *Notable Book of the Year*****Los Angeles Times* Best Book of the Year**London, 1782: center of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and the desperately poor. In the midst of it all is the Giant, O'Brien, a freak of nature, a man of song and story who trusts in myths, fairies, miracles, and little people. He has come from Ireland to exhibit his size for money. O'Brien's opposite is a man of science, the famed anatomist John Hunter, who lusts after the Giant's corpse as a medical curiosity, a boon to the advancement of scientific knowledge.In her acclaimed novel, two-time Man Booker Prize winning author Hilary Mantel tells of the fated convergence of Ireland and England. As belief wrestles knowledge and science wrestles song, so *The Giant, O'Brien* calls to us from a fork in the road as a tale of time, and a timeless tale.words : 58778
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Mantel, Hilary
- Publisher
- Picador/Henry Holt and Company
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780805044287
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.43 / 5 (799 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14