{"product_id":"the-best-of-friends-9780708315651","title":"The Best of Friends","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis novel follows \"Flesh and Blood\" in the Amy Parry narrative sequence. Amy and Enid go together to university where the former takes a leading part in the Nationalist campaign against Anglicization. But when Amy's partner Val and Enid both die, Amy's life is empty of purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Best of Friends is...part of a sequence which, when completed, will have described the processes of growth, change and decay which have made Wales what it is today. For such a task Mr Humphreys is eminently well qualified.' Goronwy Rees, TLS  'A great novel.'Western Mail  'Emyr Humphreys tells a sensitive story of Welsh life with tact and sureness.'Financial Times  'Emyr Humphreys is the sort of writer who would be in the running for a Nobel prize if Wales had lobbyists in Stockholm.'Observer  'The touch and smell of pri-mordial Wales are magisterially transmitted.'Sunday Times  'The supreme interpreter or Welsh life.'R.S. Thomas  'One of the most masterful yet natural-seeming authors of fiction in these islands today.'Scotsman","brand":"University of Wales Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884233339223,"sku":"9780708315651","price":9.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-best-of-friends-9780708315651","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}