{"product_id":"9781784870119-the-dumb-house","title":"The Dumb House","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: As a child Luke's mother often tells him the story of the Dumb House an experiment on newborn babies raised in silence designed to test the innateness of language. As Luke grows up his interest in language and the delicate balance of life and death leads to amateur dissections of small animals tiny hearts revealed still pumping as life trickles away. But as an adult following the death of his mother Luke's obsession deepens resulting in a haunting and bizarre experiment on Luke's own children. A wonderfully disturbing book - chillingly focused and lyrically amoral with moments of remarkable stillness and beauty. A. L. Kennedy Burnside's prose is exquisite and he dissects his themes with delicacy to produce a novel resonant with poetic menace Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Dumb House\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Burnside John\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781784870119\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 224 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 4\/1\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Fiction","brand":"Burnside John","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49623417979185,"sku":"IN-G-9781784870119","price":26.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781784870119-the-dumb-house","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}