{"product_id":"murray-hall","title":"Murray Hall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A riveting and remarkable retelling of a true story.'\u003c\/i\u003e - SARA SHERIDAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A very enjoyable novel, one that can give pleasure and invite speculation at the same time.'\u003c\/i\u003e - THE SCOTSMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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'\u003c\/i\u003e - SUNDAY POST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe kept his secret for a lifetime. Now the truth will rock New York.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1901, and Dr Gallagher has just pronounced Murray Hall dead. \u003cb\u003eNew York politico, gambler, womaniser\u003c\/b\u003e - Hall is all these things, but when the newspapers break the news of his death to the world, they reveal \u003cb\u003ea side to his identity he never wanted known, a secret no one could have guessed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Clellan, an ambitious young journalist, is determined to \u003cb\u003euncover the truth of Hall's past\u003c\/b\u003e, but his search leads him down winding alleys of fact and fiction. \u003cb\u003eFrom humble beginnings in Glasgow's tenements to a life spent rubbing up against New York's political elite\u003c\/b\u003e, Murray Hall is the definition of a self-made man. But the higher his status rises, the higher the stakes become.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by a true story of one Scot's rise to prominence, \u003ci\u003eMurray Hall\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Murray Hall does what historical fiction does best: shines a light on the past to illuminate the present..\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.'\u003c\/i\u003e - ANGIE SPOTO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Deeply moving and immersive, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilo Allan's extraordinary novel is a constantly shifting, chameleon-like thing, taking in gender, queerness, and grief.'\u003c\/i\u003e - ALLY WILKES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonnier Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220824412504,"sku":"9781785304620","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781785304620.jpg?v=1764430233","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/murray-hall","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}