{"product_id":"particular-friendship-book-dirk-bogarde-9781448208180","title":"A Particular Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absorbing volume'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e - The Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1989, \u003ci\u003eA Particular Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of letters following Dirk Bogarde’s first four memoirs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\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\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese 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 correspondences were all written before Bogarde saw himself as an author and stand as a testament to his literary talent, domestic sensibilities, and his unquestionable compassion in sharing so much with a complete stranger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49632930201873,"sku":"GOR006316402","price":4.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50048061604113,"sku":"GOR009076212","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50658215428369,"sku":"GOR010131680","price":7.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027276890385,"sku":"NIN9781448208180","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52596093419793,"sku":"NLS9781448208180","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1448208181.jpg?v=1785909522","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/particular-friendship-book-dirk-bogarde-9781448208180","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}