{"product_id":"2940045775335","title":"Architects","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"an excellent, disturbing and compulsive read...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian is up against his boss, exuberant and roguish Leonard Pierce, an architect who compares himself with the very best in the business. Wanting to break away and find an opportunity of his own to shine, Brian enlists Dave, his best friend, to start a new venture. But before this can get off the ground, he is lured by an opportunity to spend a week in Los Angeles with Leonard, to work with Hank Nero, America’s hottest architectural talent, on an exciting new project. But the excitement soon wanes as he witnesses the absurdities of Hank’s design world, the effects of fame, and the cruelty of those hungry for power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDave, in the meantime, is looking for love. Having wrongly obsessed over a colleague who is about to be married, he knows it’s time to do something. But what, and how? His friends know how, and they are all determined to help him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the office, Brenda, Leonard’s wife and business partner, becomes convinced that her husband is increasingly distracted by more than just a desire for the limelight, and plans some changes. Brian, meanwhile, returns to London and begins to wonder whether there’s more to keep his girlfriend Kate at the office than just her work. It’s all too much for Brian, especially when, just before Christmas, he discovers just what it is.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTold by each in turn, ‘Architects’ is Brian and Dave’s passionate story about making it - and making out. Both want their chance to succeed, but what do each of them have to do to get it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2011 as Powerlines, ‘Architects’ has been imaginatively re-written for the reader to enjoy more of the up’s and down’s of Brian and Dave’s lives, and the world which occupies them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReviews:\u003cbr\u003e\"extremely funny at times, and not without moments of real pathos...very enjoyable and highly recommended.\" Amazon Review\u003cbr\u003e\"A clever narrative, a realistic \u0026amp; ironic view.\" Amazon Review\u003cbr\u003e\"With its cliff hanging ending, this is an excellent, disturbing and compulsive read, which reveals the dark savage underbelly of what is generally assumed to be a civilized, urbane profession.\" Amazon Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Daws","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078241960176,"sku":"2940045775335","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045775335_p0.jpg?v=1763683227","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045775335","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}