{"product_id":"9781035055456","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Among Friends by Hal Ebbott","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 02\/07\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e`A hard diamond of a novel . . . I have not stopped thinking of it since' - Coco Mellors`Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut' - Miranda Cowley Heller`Packs a huge emotional punch. I couldn't put it down' - Daily Mail`A living thing . . . A huge achievement' - Financial TimesPerfect lives hide terrible secretsHaving emerged from a childhood of poverty and neglect, Amos now has a life that others envy: a brilliant wife, a golden daughter, and a friendship that has anchored him for thirty years. All of that is set to change. In the course of one fateful weekend in a beautiful house upstate, Amos's life will be undone by a shocking act of violence.   In its aftermath, Amos must ask: when your world collapses, what - and who - will you sacrifice to survive?`Bracingly honest and affectingly intimate . . . Upends its characters' lives so ruthlessly and revealingly that it is hard not to take pleasure in a false facade being finally smashed' - The Guardian`Masterly' - John Banville \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368469475701,"sku":"9781035055456","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035055456.jpg?v=1763549591","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781035055456","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}