{"product_id":"9781526680044","title":"Best of Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Shamsie, Kamila\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526680044\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces' MADELINE MILLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 ** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePICKED AS ONE OF THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES' \u003c\/i\u003eBEST PAPERBACKS OF 2023** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e CHOSEN AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBBC\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL, IRISH TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometimes it was as though the forty years of friendship between them was just a lesson in the unknowability of other people -\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1988, as Pakistan is on the brink of political overhaul, two fourteen year-old girls are on the brink of womanhood. Their Arcadian days of secrets, laughter and a shared love for George Michael are brought crashing down when a snap decision at a party changes their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYears later in London, Zahra and Maryam are women with money, power and influence. They are both, however, still haunted by that night all those years ago.\u003cbr\u003eInsightful and unsettling, \u003ci\u003eBest of Friends\u003c\/i\u003e employs sumptuous prose to unpick the seams of a forty-year friendship and illuminate the ripple-like effects of power and history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An epic story that explores the ties of childhood friendship, the possibility of escape, the way the political world intrudes into the personal, all through the lens of two sharply drawn protagonists' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655894651038,"sku":"UBD-9781526680044","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526680044.jpg?v=1774836593","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526680044","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}