{"product_id":"spider-by-patrick-mcgrath","title":"'Spider' by Patrick McGrath","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"484\"\u003eTold through the fragmented recollections of Dennis “Spider” Cleg, McGrath’s novel follows a man recently released from a psychiatric institution as he attempts to reconstruct his past.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"484\"\u003eAs the book floods with memories of childhood and violence, whilst his parents shift and contradict themselves, the reader is left to navigate a mind that can’t reliably separate event from invention. McGrath works in a tight psychological register; that late-20th-century British gothic mode—urban, internal, and claustrophobic—where horror comes from the structure of thought rather than anything external.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"791\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViking paperback edition, 1991 (early printing; number line present but not a first). Light general wear and slight edgewear; clean internally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44414357962835,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-08T110109.332.png?v=1775610121","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/spider-by-patrick-mcgrath","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}