{"product_id":"among-others-friendships-and-encounters","title":"Among Others: Friendships and Encounters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of our best contemporary writers.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIt's those around you who make you who you are.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Michael Frayn would like to say a brief word about a few of the people who have formed his\u003cbr\u003e own particular world. Some were friends, some were not; some were more than friends.\u003cbr\u003e Some have had a profound effect, some only a passing one. Some he now wonders if he ever\u003cbr\u003e really knew. But each has had a formative effect on his own remarkable life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e is a patchwork memoir of a lifetime's encounters. Truthful and loving,\u003cbr\u003e sometimes elegiac, sometimes comic, it is a celebration of the endlessly intriguing otherness\u003cbr\u003e of others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'The most philosophical comic writer - and the most comic philosophical writer - of our\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003etime.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber, Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780571378616\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Frayn, Michael","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £6.33","offer_id":47970589606065,"sku":"SB-0571378617-C3","price":6.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/among-others-friendships-and-encounters","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}