{"product_id":"2940000800171","title":"Goodmans Hotel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Goodmans Hotel”, a full length novel, is a gay love story set in 1990s London. Mark, a City high-flyer, is irresistibly attracted to Tom, a manual worker from a tough neighbourhood. Both men have been marked by past ordeals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConflict between powerful cabals in the City firm causes Mark to leave, with a generous pay off. Tom’s boss, Andrew, a determinedly independent small businessman, convinces him he should put all his resources into setting up a gay guest house, the ‘Goodmans Hotel’ of the title. There he hopes for release from the heartlessly competitive norms of his old working life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe takes in an eighteen year old runaway, Darren, who is escaping from his parents’ religious bigotry. Mark comes to think of Tom, Darren and Andrew as his ‘family’. A crisis forces Mark and Tom apart, until eventually the family are reconciled and reunited in the final chapter, their understanding of life deepened by the challenges they have faced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Keslian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071768248560,"sku":"2940000800171","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000800171_p0.jpg?v=1763545817","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000800171","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}