{"product_id":"the-chemistry-of-tears-peter-carey","title":"The Chemistry of Tears - Peter Carey","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"268\"\u003eTitle: \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe Chemistry of Tears\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"93\"\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003ePeter Carey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"141\"\u003ePublisher: Hamish Hamilton \/ Penguin Group Australia\u003cbr data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"196\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"216\"\u003eFirst Australian Edition, 2012\u003cbr data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"249\"\u003eISBN: 9781926428154\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"455\"\u003eCondition: Very good second-hand condition. Hardcover boards remain clean and bright with only light shelf wear and minor handling marks. Binding is firm and pages are clean throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"630\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe Chemistry of Tears\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a literary novel of grief, obsession, mechanics, and memory from two-time Booker Prize winner \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003ePeter Carey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"1063\"\u003eWhen museum conservator Catherine Gehrig suffers a devastating personal loss, she is secretly assigned the restoration of a mysterious nineteenth-century automaton commissioned by a wealthy Englishman for the woman he loves. As Catherine works through the intricate clockwork mechanisms and hidden histories of the machine, two narratives unfold across centuries — one set in contemporary London and the other in Victorian England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1364\"\u003eBlending historical fiction, psychological drama, science, and gothic atmosphere, Carey explores the strange intersections between emotion and machinery, desire and control, restoration and decay. The novel is richly detailed, intellectually playful, and deeply human beneath its mechanical surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49115563622623,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_5900.jpg?v=1778241433","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/the-chemistry-of-tears-peter-carey","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}