The Giant, O’Brien
Published Jan 2010
London, 1782: centre of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and desperately poor. Among whom is the Giant, O’Brien, a freak of nature, a man of story and song who trusts in the old myths. He has come from Ireland to exhibit his size for money. He has, he soon discovers, come to die. His opposite is a man of science, the famed anatomist John Hunter. Hunter lusts after the Giant’s coprse, a medical curiosity, a boon to the advancement of scientific knowledge.
Other books by Hilary Mantel
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books
The Mirror & the Light
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Bring up the Bodies
Giving up the Ghost
An Experiment in Love
A Change of Climate
A Place of Greater Safety
Fludd
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
Vacant Possession
Every Day is Mother’s Day
Learning to Talk
Beyond Black
Wolf Hall
