{"product_id":"a-room-above-a-shop-by-anthony-shapland-9781803511603","title":"A Room Above a Shop","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of the most beautiful and original gay novels I have read in a long time'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– NEIL BLACKMORE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071478251756,"sku":"9781803511603","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3130333482830.jpg?v=1765019840","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/a-room-above-a-shop-by-anthony-shapland-9781803511603","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}