{"product_id":"the-house-of-the-red-balconies","title":"The House of the Red Balconies","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003eMM Romance set in A.J. Demas's imaginary ancient world\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island’s main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as he finds himself renting a room in one of the tea houses and meeting his neighbour, the beautiful, chronically ill companion Zo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOver breakfasts in Zo’s garden, the two men begin a friendship that transforms the isolation of their lives. But Hylas’s aqueduct project is threatened by bureaucratic delays, and Zo is pressured to secure a rich patron to help support his failing house. When they have begun to hope that they have found a home in each other, the world seems intent on forcing them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sexton's Cottage","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":50751470764336,"sku":"9781988086330","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-house-of-the-red-balconies","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}