{"product_id":"9781405988766","title":"The Cost of Living","description":"\u003cp\u003eIdealistic Alexandra is throwing a party to meet a more glamorous crowd. Marianne, more sardonic, worries it'll be the usual sort. The party is in Alexandra's attic flat. Marianne will contribute a few bottles of red optimistically labelled Bordeaux. Can it be judged a success? There's Donald the bus conductor with high-brow dreams, nervous bespectacled Bernhardt and Marius the ghostwriter. Not to mention a brace of Peters. It's left to sexy, young Pisa and riotous, middle-aged Mummy (neither invited) to steal the show. Yet, after the party both Marianne and Alexandra find themselves caught in unexpected - sometimes far from romantic - relationships. Meeting people, it turns out, has the most peculiar consequences. Is that really the cost of living?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Kathleen \/ Farrell","offer_id":56913823891829,"sku":"9781405988766","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781405988766.jpg?v=1773845730","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781405988766","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}