![Keyes, Marian IRISH FICTION Marian Keyes: Grown Ups [2020] paperback](http://chaptersbookstore.com/cdn/shop/files/keyes-marian-marian-keyes-grown-ups-2020-paperback-59344461431123_{width}x.jpg?v=1728289216)
![Walter Macken PREORDER NONFICTION New Macken Walter: Seek the Fair Land [2025] paperback](http://chaptersbookstore.com/cdn/shop/files/walter-macken-macken-walter-seek-the-fair-land-2025-paperback-9781035065349-1146088201_{width}x.jpg?v=1765036902)
![Banville, John IRISH FICTION John Banville: The Singularities: A Novel [2022] hardback](http://chaptersbookstore.com/cdn/shop/files/banville-john-john-banville-the-singularities-a-novel-2022-hardback-59990477930835_{width}x.jpg?v=1731220146)
![Dowd, Siobhan IRISH FICTION Siobhan Dowd: A Swift Pure Cry [2007] paperback](http://chaptersbookstore.com/cdn/shop/files/dowd-siobhan-siobhan-dowd-a-swift-pure-cry-2007-paperback-1192099576_{width}x.jpg?v=1757445210)
This Living and Immortal Thing inhabits a world of medicine, research, cancer and death. Its disillusioned and darkly funny narrator is an Irish oncologist, who is searching for a scientific breakthrough in the lab of a New York hospital while struggling with his failing marriage and his growing alienation within the city's urban spaces. Tending to the health of his laboratory mice, he finds comfort in work that is measurable, results that are quantifiable.
But life is every bit as persistent as the illness he studies. As he starts a new treatment on his mice, he meets a beautiful but elusive Russian translator at the hospital, his estranged wife begins to call, his neighbours are acting strangely and his supervisor pressures him to push ahead professionally. And always there is the pull of family; of the place he considers home.
Shot through with Duffy's haunting, beautiful descriptions of the science underlying cancer, which starkly illustrate the paradox of an illness at whose heart is a persistent and deadly life force, This Living and Immortal Thing shows how the cruelty of the disease is a price we pay for the joy and complexity of being in the world.
- Publisher Name:Granta Books
- Product Format:Paperback
- ISBN: XV81783781676
- Author:Duffy, Austin
- Publication Date:2016-01-28
If you are not satisfied with your order in any way, get in touch. We have an excellent customer service record and we will do our best to ensure you are pleased with your purchase.
We are happy to refund a product if it is defective, within 30 days of purchase upon the return of your product. If you return a product to us and request a refund due to an error on our part we will be happy to pay for the postage cost to return it to us.
To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it, unworn or unused & unread, and in its original packaging. You’ll also need the receipt or proof of purchase.
Please note, if you are requesting a refund based on an issue with condition we kindly ask you to provide a photo in order for us to best advise a suitable resolution.
To start a return, you can contact us at shop@chaptersbookstore.com. If your return is accepted, we’ll send you a return shipping label, as well as instructions on how and where to send your package. Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted.
You can always contact us for any return question at shop@chaptersbookstore.com.
Damages and issues
Please inspect your order upon reception and contact us immediately if the item is defective, damaged or if you receive the wrong item, so that we can evaluate the issue and make it right.
Exceptions / non-returnable items
Certain types of items cannot be returned, like custom products or special orders. Unfortunately, we cannot accept returns on sale items or gift cards.
Exchanges
The fastest way to ensure you get what you want is to return the item you have, and once the return is accepted, make a separate purchase for the new item.
Refunds
We will notify you once we’ve received and inspected your return, and let you know if the refund was approved or not. If approved, you’ll be automatically refunded on your original payment method. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too.
Free Delivery in the Republic Of Ireland on all orders over €30. Standard Delivery Charge in Republic of Ireland of €5 for all orders below €30.
Delivery is subject to warehouse availability. Out-of-stock items will be shipped as soon as possible, upon arrival from the manufacturer/publisher. Please take shipping time into consideration.
