{"product_id":"kingfisher-1","title":"Kingfisher","description":"\u003cp\u003eA creative writing academic falls under the spell of his colleague, a lauded author whose life seems to shimmer with a freedom he cannot reach. At home, there is Michael: beautiful, steady, safe. But this wordsmith is something else entirely – she is restless, luminous, untouchable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs his fixation deepens, the boundaries between admiration, desire and possession begin to blur. His Kingfisher – as he thinks of her – draws him further from the life he knows, into a world shaped by art, longing and illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen illness arrives, closing in on them all, and the tightrope he’s been walking starts to sway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKingfisher is a beautifully crafted novel of queer desire and ambition, grief and creativity, and the fine lines between intimacy and obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68368785965255,"sku":"P48579S","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0077\/9010\/0553\/files\/marissasbooksandgifts-9781916812352-kingfisher-1267192631.jpg?v=1794522096","url":"https:\/\/marissasbooks.com\/products\/kingfisher-1","provider":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}