{"product_id":"a-room-above-a-shop-by-anthony-shapland","title":"A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'One of the most beautiful and original gay novels I have a read in a long time' NEIL BLACKMORE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead. M has inherited his family's ironmongery business and B is younger by eleven years and can see no future in the place where he has grown up, but when M offers him a job and lodgings, he accepts. As the two men work side by side in the shop, they also begin a life together in their one shared room above - the kind of life they never imagined possible and that risks everything if their public performance were to slip.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnfolding in South Wales against the backdrop of Section 28, the age of consent debate and the HIV and AIDS crisis, this is a tender and resonant love story, and a powerful debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback \/ 160 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55530776789373,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781803511603.jpg?v=1742163716","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/a-room-above-a-shop-by-anthony-shapland","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}