{"product_id":"drayton-and-mackenzie-by-alexander-starritt","title":"Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA TIMES\/SUNDAY TIMES, GQ, FINANCIAL TIMES AND BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A big, bustling novel about love, friendship, money, ambition and the 21st century, packed with humour and intelligent observations ... I finished it tear-stained' Sunday Times 'Will have you hooked ... an ode to the enduring power of male friendship' The Times Best Summer Books 'My book of the summer' Janice Turner 'Thrilling' Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLonglisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the first time since university, James and Roland’s paths through life – one drawn in straight lines, the other squiggled and meandering – began to cross…James Drayton has always found things too easy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the time he leaves university, he’s still waiting for a challenge worthy of his ambitions. Roland Mackenzie, on the other hand, is an impulsive risk-taker, a charismatic drifter with a knack for derailing his own attempts to get started in life. When a chance encounter in a pub reunites these old acquaintances, it sets them on an unpredictable course through the upheavals of the twenty-first century, and sparks an unlikely alliance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSent to Aberdeen during the financial crisis to lay off hundreds of workers, James and Roland begin to wonder: what if they were made for more than this? What if together they could build something grand and lasting – something that might even change the world?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 4 Jun 2026, Swift Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781804955994\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 512 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57693552804222,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781800755284.jpg?v=1784216246","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/drayton-and-mackenzie-by-alexander-starritt","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}