{"product_id":"attend","title":"Attend","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED for The Polari First Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e LONGLISTED for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian‘s\u003c\/i\u003e Not the Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A beautifully written, darkly funny, mesmerisingly emotive and deliciously told debut novel with echoes of Armistead Maupin…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘From its opening gambit to its final line, Attend demands and rewards attention’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ’With its blend of dark, gritty themes and gorgeous imagery, this is a book to make you believe there’s still magic in the world’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeat Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘I’ve fallen in love with this absolutely glorious, spell-binding tale’ \u003cb\u003eLoveReading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs the threads of their lives unravel … they find magic under their feet…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Sam falls in love with South London thug Derek, and Anne’s best friend Kathleen takes her own life, they discover they are linked not just by a world of drugs and revenge; they also share the friendship of the uncanny and enigmatic Deborah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seamstress, sailor, story-teller and self-proclaimed centenarian immortal, Deborah slowly reveals to Anne and Sam her improbable, fantastical life, the mysterious world that lies beneath their feet and, ultimately, the solution to their crises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith echoes of Armistead Maupin and a hint of magic realism, \u003ci\u003eAttend\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written, darkly funny, mesmerisingly emotive and deliciously told debut novel, rich in finely wrought characters that you will never forget.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘It’s a genuinely pleasurable experience to encounter something couched in such alert and transparent language as West Camel’s \u003ci\u003eAttend\u003c\/i\u003e … In three hundred finely judged pages, West Camel leaves the reader eager for more from his pen’ \u003cb\u003eBarry Forshaw, \u003ci\u003eCrimeTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Lyrical and intense, the spellbinding prose is full of carefully chosen words which create an emotive and flowing’ \u003cb\u003eCrime Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Rich, lively and intelligent, Attend is a novel of mystery, morality and meaning, but so delicately sewn together, you never notice the seams…’ \u003cb\u003eRosie Goldsmith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'There is such a joy to the language. West Camel is a truly gifted wordsmith, and a beautiful storyteller’ \u003cb\u003eLouise Beech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Skilfully weaves a tapestry of multi-layered threads … delicate, evocative prose tells an intriguing story with contemporary relevance, insight and compassion’ \u003cb\u003eLive \u0026amp; Deadly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A book of past and present, grief and tragedy, forgiveness and redemption, and hopes and dreams … a great debut novel’ \u003cb\u003eOff-the-Shelf Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A singular and distinctive read … Within the city grime and gritty plotlines, glitters an arresting tale’ \u003cb\u003eBooks, Life and Everything\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316150247806,"sku":"NW9781912374397","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781912374397.jpg?v=1778717807","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/attend","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}