{"product_id":"murray-hall-9781785307508","title":"Murray Hall: A novel of the extraordinary and intriguing secret that rocked New York and the world","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026amp;#39;A riveting and remarkable retelling of a true story.\u0026amp;#39;\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; - SARA SHERIDAN\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026amp;#39;A very enjoyable novel, one that can give pleasure and invite speculation at the same time.\u0026amp;#39;\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; - THE SCOTSMAN\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026amp;#39;His remarkable life story has, for the first time, been pieced together from myriad contemporary newspaper reports, historical archives and contradictory anecdotes to form a stunning new novel\u0026amp;#39;\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; - SUNDAY POST\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;He kept his secret for a lifetime. Now the truth will rock New York.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;It is 1901, and Dr Gallagher has just pronounced Murray Hall dead. \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;New York politico, gambler, womaniser\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; - Hall is all these things, but when the newspapers break the news of his death to the world, they reveal \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;a side to his identity he never wanted known, a secret no one could have guessed.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Sam Clellan, an ambitious young journalist, is determined to \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;uncover the truth of Hall\u0026amp;#39;s past\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, but his search leads him down winding alleys of fact and fiction. \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;From humble beginnings in Glasgow\u0026amp;#39;s tenements to a life spent rubbing up against New York\u0026amp;#39;s political elite\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, Murray Hall is the definition of a self-made man. But the higher his status rises, the higher the stakes become.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Inspired by a true story of one Scot\u0026amp;#39;s rise to prominence, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Murray Hall\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; unearths a queer past erased by history, finally bringing all the puzzle pieces together to discover the secret of this extraordinary, ordinary man, which shocked New York, America and the world.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026amp;#39;Murray Hall does what historical fiction does best: shines a light on the past to illuminate the present..\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;.\u0026amp;#39;\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; - ANGIE SPOTO\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026amp;#39;Deeply moving and immersive, \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Milo Allan\u0026amp;#39;s extraordinary novel is a constantly shifting, chameleon-like thing, taking in gender, queerness, and grief.\u0026amp;#39;\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; - ALLY WILKES\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781785307508\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milo Allan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50078038163706,"sku":"9781785307508","price":7.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781785307508.jpg?v=1786811135","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/murray-hall-9781785307508","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}