{"product_id":"love-9781984880475","title":"Love","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo old friends reconnect in Dublin for a dramatic, revealing evening of drinking and storytelling in this winning new novel from the author of the Booker Prize winning \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne summer's evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrinking pals back in their youth, now married and with grown up children, their lives have taken seemingly similar paths. But Joe has a secret he needs to tell Davy, and Davy has a sorrow he wants to keep from Joe. Both are not the men they used to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoe has left his wife and family for another woman, Jessica. Davy knows her too, or should - she was the girl of their dreams four decades earlier, the girl with the cello in George's pub. As Joe's story unfolds across Dublin - pint after pint, pub after pub - so too do the memories of what eventually drove Davy from Ireland: his first encounter with Faye, the lively woman who would become his wife; his father's somber disapproval; the pained spaces left behind when a parent dies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the two friends try to reconcile their versions of the past over the course of one night, \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e offers a delightfully comic yet moving portrait of the many forms love can take throughout our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11664591\"\u003eRoddy Doyle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984880475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1984880470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC071000\"\u003eFriendship\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoddy Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of ten acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Commitments, The Van\u003c\/i\u003e (a finalist for the Booker Prize), \u003ci\u003ePaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Booker Prize), \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Walked Into Doors, A Star Called Henry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guts\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eSmile\u003c\/i\u003e. Doyle has also written several collections of stories, as well as \u003ci\u003eTwo Pints, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTwo More Pints\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwo for the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, and several works for children and young adults including the Rover novels. He lives in Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42708172210413,"sku":"9781984880475","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e1fd7af6-f6b2-4c4b-937c-f5c590303f75.jpg?v=1650085555","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/love-9781984880475","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}