{"product_id":"9781448208180","title":"A Particular Friendship : Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An absorbing volume' - The Spectator\n\u003cbr\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1989, A Particular Friendship is a collection of letters following Dirk Bogarde's first four memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48932733518059,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":25.61,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781448208180-1.jpg?v=1783106483","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781448208180","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}