A Room Above a Shop

Name: A Room Above a Shop
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781803511603
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By Anthony Shapland

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'One of the most beautiful and original gay novels I have read in a long time'– NEIL BLACKMORE AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025 When two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead. M has inherited his family's ironmongery business... Read More

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A Room Above a Shop

From a new voice in Welsh literature, an atmospheric and poignant story of a relationship between two small-town Valleys men during the late 1980s.

From a new voice in Welsh literature, an atmospheric and poignant story of a relationship between two small-town Valleys men during the late 1980s.

Description

'One of the most beautiful and original gay novels I have read in a long time'
– NEIL BLACKMORE

AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025

When two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead. M has inherited his family's ironmongery business and B is younger by eleven years and can see no future in the place where he has grown up. But when M offers him a job and lodgings, he accepts. As the two men work side by side in the shop, they also begin a life together in their one shared room above – the kind of life they never imagined possible and that risks everything if their public performance were to slip.

Unfolding in South Wales against the backdrop of Section 28, the age of consent debate, and the HIV and AIDS crisis, this is a tender and resonant love story, and a powerful debut.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781803511603

Publisher: Granta Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Granta Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

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Anthony Shapland Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

ANTHONY SHAPLAND grew up in Bargoed, South Wales. He is a writer and artist, and founder of g39, an artist-led space in Cardiff. His short story 'Foolscap' was shortlisted for the Rhys Davies Award and he was selected for the Hay Writers at Work programme in 2023. This is his debut.