{"product_id":"the-resurrectionist-a-rae-dunlap-paperback-book-club","title":"The Resurrectionist","description":"\u003cp\u003eby A. Rae Dunlap \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e336 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHunt's Book Club Pick - October 2025: 6\/10\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this gothic, twisty debut historical novel, a young medical student is lured into the underworld of body snatching in 19th-century Edinburgh … and unexpectedly falls in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1828. James Willoughby arrives in Edinburgh with empty pockets and a dream of studying surgery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesperate to scrape together fees for the city’s leading anatomy school, he strikes a deal with Nye MacKinnon, a dashing young dissectionist who shows James a way into this elite academic realm … via the cemetery. James descends with Nye into the underground ranks of the Resurrectionists – men infamous for stealing fresh corpses and selling them to professors as anatomical specimens. Before he knows it, they are caught up in a life-or-death scheme as rival gangs of snatchers compete in a morbid race for power and prestige.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd as James and Nye lock eyes across graves and dissection tables, they soon realise that they yearn to be more than partners in academic crime … The Resurrectionist is a thrilling tale of queer love, murder, and the grisly origins of modern medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Breathtaking … A new talent [in] the field of gothic historical literature' NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Devilishly macabre … As dark as a midnight graveyard' PATRICE McDONOUGH \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Hauntingly gothic, intimately told, and wickedly, wonderfully grotesque' MARIELLE THOMPSON\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hunt's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56819854967165,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008711566.jpg?v=1756893789","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/the-resurrectionist-a-rae-dunlap-paperback-book-club","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}