{"product_id":"drifter","title":"Drifter","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u003e Ben has not been lucky in love or life in the decade since he left university.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only has his glamorous girlfriend left him, but his promising career prospects have been thwarted respectively by Brexit, Covid, and Vladimir Putin. He is reduced to abandoning his London lifestyle and retreating in despair to find refuge with his retired parents in Cornwall. The only work he can find is driving a Minibus at a Wellness Centre, but this unlikely scenario introduces him to Zelah. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her, he rediscovers his appetite for life and commitment to a cause. Joining her in battle against unscrupulous property developers, Ben finds not only love but purpose: a drifter no more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs in his two previous novels \u003cem\u003eHappenstance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStringer\u003c\/em\u003e, Melville Jones takes a gently humorous look at life in West Cornwall whilst touching on some of the real issues not featured in the glossy holiday brochures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507670229365,"sku":"9781806347285","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/drifter","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}