From the two-time Man Booker winner the story of the 18th Century Irish giant Charles OBrien. Charles OBrien bard & giant. The cynical are moved by his flights of romance; the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. But what of his own story as he is led from Ireland to seek his fortune beyond the seas in England? The Surprising Irish Giant may be the sensation of the season but only his compatriots seem to attend to his mythic powers of invention. John Hunter celebrated surgeon & anatomist buys dead men from the gallows & babies corpses by the inch. Where is a man as unique as The Giant to hide his bones when he is yet alive? The Giant O Brien is an unforgettable novel; lyrical shocking & spliced with black comedy.