{"product_id":"the-two-roberts-by-damian-barr","title":"The Two Roberts by Damian Barr","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 8 OCT 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD FOR FICTION 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE HERALD AND THE BBC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScotland, 1933. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBobby MacBryde is off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls - and never leave his side. With the world on the brink of war, their unrivalled talent takes them all over Europe, partying, loving, fighting, painting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Soho, they become stars as the bombs fall. Based on a true story, The Two Roberts is a stunningly imagined tale of devotion and obsession, art and class. It's a love letter to two almost-forgotten artists who fought to change the way the world sees - and paid a devastating price.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback | Publication: 8 Oct 2026, Canongate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781837261253\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 320 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57661345137022,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781837261253.jpg?v=1783523207","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/the-two-roberts-by-damian-barr","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}