{"product_id":"the-two-roberts-by-damian-barr","title":"The Two Roberts by Damian Barr","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Scotland, 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBobby MacBryde is off to the Glasgow School of Art. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls - and never leave his side. With the world on the brink of war, their unrivalled talent takes them all over Europe, partying, loving, fighting, painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe pair become stars as the bombs fall in this stunningly re-imagined true story of devotion and obsession, art and class.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD FOR FICTION 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE HERALD AND THE BBC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Crackles with creative rebellion' DOUGLAS STUART\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'immersive, intelligent, immensely sensual' ELIF SHAFAK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A tender and evocative act of resurrection' JAMES CAHILL, SPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The greatest and truest story of two male lovers I have ever read' RUSSELL T DAVIES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Deeply affecting . . . vivid and moving' PETER PARKER, THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 320 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003eEdition:Main\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781837261253\u003cbr\u003ePublished:27 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Of specific Gay interest, Individual artists, art monographs, Second World War fiction, Historical fiction\u003cbr\u003eWeight:256g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:129 x 199 x 23 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65787854127453,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781837261253.jpg?v=1788359047","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/the-two-roberts-by-damian-barr","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}