{"product_id":"verging-on-love-darren-j-wilson-9781913438685","title":"Verging on Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVerging On Love\u003c\/em\u003e consists of four novellas about love affairs that break down, owing not only to the incompatible personalities involved, but also to the inherent instability caused by the circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLost In Jericho\u003c\/em\u003e, two cultured men find themselves in relationships with women in the grip of mental illness, but only one of the men has enough sympathy and empathy to bother trying to make his relationship work. The story is told largely through conversations between the two men in pubs in their home city, Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Artist's Impression\u003c\/em\u003e might be described as a tale of unrequited love, though it might more fittingly be classed as a story of mutual ardour (between an artist and his subject) in which one of those involved refuses to cross a professional boundary, much as he is tempted to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDay That He Loved\u003c\/em\u003e is another story set in Oxford and features two relationships between women undergraduates and older men. The two women discover that their respective partners know each other, an unlikely friendship given the starkly different backgrounds of the two men, and that they have been having furtive meetings; intriguingly, they scheme to uncover the reasons for the assignations, only to find out that they have been occasioned by dark and sinister motives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCourting Disaster\u003c\/em\u003e brings the reader back to Oxford and the incongruous liaison between a cultured man and a simple woman, a relationship made even more perverse for being one between a man who has just successfully defended himself in court, having been accused of murder, and one of the members of the jury. The couple embark on a darkly surreal \"romance\". Then death intrudes. But at whose hands?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darren J. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913438686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913438685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Asys Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Darren J. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873945628927,"sku":"9781913438685","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/verging-on-love-darren-j-wilson-9781913438685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}