{"product_id":"kingfisher-paperback","title":"Kingfisher (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A gentle and compassionate novel that explores the nuances of queer love and friendship.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Derek Owusu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“a tenderly written meditation on art, love and life that’s as much about the search for self as for connection.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, editor’s pick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Kelly writes the messiness of power dynamics well.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA creative writing academic falls under the spell of his colleague, a poet whose life seems to shimmer with a freedom he cannot reach. At home, there is Michael: beautiful, steady, safe. But the poet is something else entirely—she is restless, luminous, untouchable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs his fixation deepens, the boundaries between admiration, desire and possession begin to blur. The poet, his Kingfisher, draws him further from the life he knows, into a world shaped by art, longing and illusion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen illness arrives, closing in on them all, and the tightrope he’s been walking starts to sway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKingfisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a beautifully crafted novel of queer desire and ambition, grief and creativity, and the fine lines between intimacy and obsession.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rozie Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334082019506,"sku":"9781916812352","price":480.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781916812352.jpg?v=1777032699","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/kingfisher-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}