{"product_id":"9781787335592","title":"Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn","description":"A brother and sister lost and found, in a novel that seizes your heart and enthrals your mind, from the author of the Patrick Melrose series.   * The Orwell Prize Finalist 2025 *`We set off in opposite directions and walked around the world until we met, and I'm very pleased we have.'It is summer. Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him with a fragile hold on reality and a hunger to connect with the mother who abandoned him. His therapist, Martin, also faces challenges, including his adopted daughter Olivia's tenuous relationship with her biological mother. Olivia, meanwhile, is producing a radio series on natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life.   Over a year, their fates collide in outrageous and poignant ways, revealing their destinies in a new light. Parallel Lines is a novel about connection, family, love, and the cascading consequences of our choices.   PRAISE FOR EDWARD ST AUBYN:`Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation' ALAN HOLLINGHURST`I love Edward St Aubyn'DONNA TARTT`Nothing can prepare you for the rich, acerbic comedy of St Aubyn's world'ZADIE SMITH\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55205847466357,"sku":"9781787335592","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781787335592_a19e0654-1221-4a53-8ea6-ca9959a2b482.jpg?v=1748100585","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781787335592","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}