{"product_id":"bedevilments","title":"Bedevilments","description":"''Right.'' She flicked the thin dress straps off her shoulders, then reached behind her back for the zip. ''Let''s get started, mister.'' Anthony is barely present in his own life. A failed academic career, a soul-crushing call-centre job, an Alcoholics Anonymous group he resents attending: he''s checked out from all of it. He spends the Sydney summer trying to avoid the sun, and lives only for the evenings when he can visit Emma, a sex worker at a local brothel. It''s during these rented hours that Anthony finds brief moments of human connection. He can afford to see Emma maybe once a month, but he can never hold on that long. Then Emma disappears, and there''s nowhere left for Anthony to hide. By turns appalling, funny and tender, The Bedevilments is an eye-opening story about addiction, sex and anonymity.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507875651957,"sku":"9781738466788","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781738466788.jpg?v=1787043017","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/bedevilments","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}