{"product_id":"9781448208180","title":"A Particular Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003e'London guests staying hate it. Keeps them awake all night they complain. The bleating in the utter stillness. I heal with it, as you did.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis epistolary collection finds Bogarde at his most honest and touching, engaging in conversation with a woman he has never met and whose only interest in him comes from the simple fact that he now happens to live in a house that she once owned. These letters provide an insight into the wit and intelligence of a great man without the stifling constraints of other literary forms. It presents us with a platform and a relationship that allows Bogarde to freely reminisce, discuss politics, gossip about those around him and provide razor-sharp cameo portraits of the famous. The letters were all composed before Bogarde saw himself as an author and stand as a testament to his literary talent, his domestic sensibilities, as well as his unquestionable compassion in sharing so much with a complete stranger. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1989,\u003ci\u003e A Particular Friendship \u003c\/i\u003efollows Bogarde's first four memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050146382064,"sku":"9781448208180","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448208180_p0.jpg?v=1769906188","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448208180","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}