{"product_id":"9781035021048","title":"The Palm House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eFirst Love \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I love this book'\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Perry \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Outstandingly brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003eClaire-Louise Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura Miller and Edmund Putnam have been friends for a long time. Theirs is a happy meeting of minds, with long evenings spent huddled in an ancient pub by the Thames, where they share office gossip, reflect on their teenage passions, and lament the state of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently, though, Putnam has been harder to reach: he has lost his father, and the magazine to which he has dedicated his life has been hijacked by an insufferable new editor, Simon 'call me Shove' Halfpenny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura has her own problems: with a prickly mother and a tricky past, and in a beautiful and indifferent city, her day-to-day life is precarious. But as Putnam starts to sink into despondency, she must try to bring him back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel of enduring friendships and small mercies, \u003ci\u003eThe Palm House\u003c\/i\u003e offers us Gwendoline Riley's trademark keen observation and wit, and leaves us - somehow - with a curious sense of possibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR GWENDOLINE RILEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Riley's prose is so electric, so alive with humour and insight and passion, that by the end you will want to stand up and cheer'\u003c\/b\u003e - Paul Murray, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwendoline Riley is a genius'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e - Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'So painful, so funny and acutely observed' \u003c\/b\u003e- David Nicholls, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Are Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer of singular vision' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56930778677621,"sku":"9781035021048","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781035021048.jpg?v=1778754245","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781035021048","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}