{"product_id":"a-life-of-two-halves-9781919287348","title":"A Life of Two Halves","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Malcolm\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Phoenix City Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Phoenix City Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe's the Premier League's most valuable asset. But to the men who run the game, he's just a brand to be managed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Delany is twenty-six, one of the finest midfielders in the Premier League, and the keeper of a private life he has spent fourteen years protecting. PFA Player of the Year. A World Cup six months away. A life arranged around what is public and what is not-not from shame, but from strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen someone decides that arrangement is a liability.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful football agent. An FA with commercial interests that require a certain kind of player. A conspiracy that operates entirely through implication, omission, and deniability-and that is prepared to go further than Matthew anticipated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto all this walks Victor. Twenty years old. A psychology student working behind the bar at Matthew's local pub. The one person who sees Matthew with a clarity Matthew cannot apply to himself, and the one person who makes the \"strategy\" of his private life feel like currency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Life of Two Halves\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping contemporary drama about institutional power and the violence it can enact without leaving evidence. It is a love story told almost entirely through proximity and restraint. It is the story of a man from Coventry who must decide if he will accept the brand they've built for him-or choose a second life that answers to no one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for fans of high-stakes sports fiction and sophisticated LGBTQ+ character dramas, this unputdownable novel explores the true cost of integrity in the billion-pound world of elite football.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix City Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889595236503,"sku":"9781919287348","price":1451.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781919287348.webp?v=1781177013","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-life-of-two-halves-9781919287348","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}