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From the award-winning novelist and short story writer, Lionel Shriver, comes a literary gem, a story about love and the power of a gift.
When Weston Babansky receives an extravagant engagement present from his best friend (and old flame) Jillian Frisk, he doesnt quite know what to make of it or how to get it past his fiancée. Especially as its a massive, handmade, intensely personal sculpture that theyd have to live with forever.
As the argument rages about whether Jillians gift was an act of pure platonic generosity or something more insidious, battle lines are drawn
Can men and women ever be friends? Just friends?
Described 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.
Genre: Literary Fiction
From the award-winning novelist and short story writer, Lionel Shriver, comes a literary gem, a story about love and the power of a gift.
When Weston Babansky receives an extravagant engagement present from his best friend (and old flame) Jillian Frisk, he doesnt quite know what to make of it or how to get it past his fiancée. Especially as its a massive, handmade, intensely personal sculpture that theyd have to live with forever.
As the argument rages about whether Jillians gift was an act of pure platonic generosity or something more insidious, battle lines are drawn
Can men and women ever be friends? Just friends?
Described 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.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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