{"product_id":"the-standing-chandelier-lionel-shriver-9780008265274","title":"The Standing Chandelier","description":"\u003cp\u003e'This early stocking filler of a novel ... is a brutal treat' Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning novelist and short story writer, Lionel Shriver, comes a literary gem, a story about love and the power of a gift.\n\u003cbr\u003e When Weston Babansky receives an extravagant engagement present from his best friend (and old flame) Jillian Frisk, he doesn't quite know what to make of it - or how to get it past his fiancee. Especially as it's a massive, handmade, intensely personal sculpture that they'd have to live with forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the argument rages about whether Jillian's gift was an act of pure platonic generosity or something more insidious, battle lines are drawn...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCan men and women ever be friends? Just friends?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the Sunday Times as 'a brilliant writer' with 'a strong, clear and strangely seductive voice', Lionel Shriver has written a glittering examination of friendship, ownership and the conditions of love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lionel Shriver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43176587067635,"sku":"9780008265274","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780008265274.jpg?v=1662086331","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-standing-chandelier-lionel-shriver-9780008265274","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}