{"product_id":"a-room-above-a-shop-by-anthony-shapland","title":"A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead. M has inherited his family's ironmongery business and B is younger by eleven years and can see no future in the place where he has grown up, but when M offers him a job and lodgings, he accepts. As the two men work side by side in the shop, they also begin a life together in their one shared room above - the kind of life they never imagined possible and that risks everything if their public performance were to slip.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnfolding in South Wales against the backdrop of Section 28, the age of consent debate and the HIV and AIDS crisis, this is a tender and resonant love story, and a powerful debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 160 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Granta Books\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Granta Books\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781803511627\u003cbr\u003ePublished:12 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Of specific Gay interest, Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features\u003cbr\u003eWeight:118g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63734959735133,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781803511627.jpg?v=1772791670","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/a-room-above-a-shop-by-anthony-shapland","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}