num_pages: 320
description: Shamrock tea, the magical substance that allows people to experience the world with visionary clarity, can only be found by passing through the famous van Eyck painting The Arnolfini Marriage. The characters who bear this knowledge include a young boy named Carson, his uncle Celestine, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the nephew of a famous Belgian writer. Vividly colorful, Shamrock Tea —nominated for the 2001 Booker Prize and winner of a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001—invites readers to enter another world.
language: English
title: Shamrock Tea
titlecomplete: Shamrock Tea
genres: Ireland, Fiction, Art, Poetry, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Irish Literature, Fantasy
ratings_count: 212
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist
publisher: Granta UK