{"product_id":"best-friends-john-fraser-9781910301746","title":"Best Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree novellas by John Fraser with the related theme of friendship: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two cities in \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCities on the Plain, on a Hil\u003c\/strong\u003el\u003c\/em\u003e are the new Jerusalem on the hill, Sodom and Gomorrah on the plain - destinations for Ahmed and Nico, two ex-pats and best friends. Ahmed, an ex-dancer, interested in the law and justice, becomes an amateur judge and Nico, ex-soldier, poetaster, small-time dealer, comes to reside in a city run by drug-cartels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean, to leave something of oneself? The protagonist of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFame\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is engaged to follow the past life of an ancient, who hopes to achieve a kind of immortality. The trip involves re-running many adventures of the ancient's women, sentimental, tough. He is fixated with goldsmithing, a re-visiting of the Sarmatians, an archaic steppe people. There is a failed robbery in Ukraine, periods of virtual bondage, prison counselling. The search for a life which is one's own leads to an encounter with survivors of catastrophe, and ultimately to a vital encounter...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking a clean start should be easy. But in \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCleansing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e there are mysteries, situations not resolved, friends who lead astray and who you lead astray. Art should be able to present a clean vision, but does not. Street cleaning never starts and never ends. Besides, you witness what you ought not see. Living poor, joining the military - both choices imply different kinds of cleanliness, but ultimately, the prospect seems that of wild horses, tattoed on human skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Fraser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910301744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910301746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aesop Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"John Fraser","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217574047999,"sku":"9781910301746","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a15dbd1-d4ee-492c-a32e-e325e7cfb3a5.jpg?v=1771998091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/best-friends-john-fraser-9781910301746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}