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The Giant, O'Brien is a novel by Hilary Mantel, published in 1998. It is a fictionalised account of Irish giant Charles Byrne (O'Brien) and Scottish surgeon John Hunter.
- Hilary Mantel
- United Kingdom
- 1998
- English
1 gen 2001 · 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.
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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.
The Giant, O'Brien. Hilary Mantel. Fourth Estate, 1999 - Fiction - 210 pages. The Giant, O'Brien is based on the true story of the 18th Century Irish giant, Charles O'Brien, who was exhibited...
- Hilary Mantel
- Fourth Estate, 1999
- illustrated, reprint, revised
John Hunter, celebrated surgeon and anatomist, buys dead men from the gallows and babies' corpses by the inch. Where is a man as unique as The Giant to hide his bones when he is yet alive? The...
- Hilary Mantel
- Doubleday Canada, 2013
- 0385680333, 9780385680332
- The Giant, O'Brien
6 ott 1998 · The Giant, O'Brien: A Novel. Hilary Mantel. Macmillan, Oct 6, 1998 - Fiction - 192 pages. The year is 1782; the place, London: the center of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and...
12 giu 2007 · 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.
