{"product_id":"a-particular-friendship-by-dirk-bogarde","title":"A Particular Friendship by Dirk Bogarde","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, A Particular Friendship follows Bogarde's first four memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43650622029898,"sku":"6723s","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6723s.jpg?v=1780367574","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/a-particular-friendship-by-dirk-bogarde","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}