{"product_id":"9781919247106-hey-man","title":"Hey Man","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugely successful, much acclaimed writer returns with an ode to male friendship.  \u003cb\u003eHey Man\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of Ian and Tommy, whose rich and tender friendship stretches across three fateful decades.\u003cb\u003eRichly resonant, beautifully written, witty and heartfelt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“If all that follows reads like a love story, that's what it was.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHey Man\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of Ian and Tommy, whose rich and tender friendship stretches across three fateful decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir story begins in 1989, when seventeen-year-old Dubliner Ian finds himself lodging with thirty-year-old actor Tommy in London. A summer of long nights and early mornings leaves an indelible mark on them both.  Then, the adventure ends. Tommy vanishes, and Ian is left with the ache of something unfinished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen they meet again in Dublin, fifteen years later, Ian is Brother Eugene, a Benedictine monk searching for meaning in devotion, while Tommy is navigating fame, divorce, and his familiar restlessness. The old spark is there—but so are the questions: what did they mean to each other, and why does it still matter?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt Tommy’s sixtieth birthday, with illness casting its shadow, the truths long buried rise to the surface. Tender and devastating, Hey Man is a meditation on the mysteries of male friendship and the bonds that shape a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ode to male friendship—wise, wry, poetic, and deeply moving. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56729153831286,"sku":"9781919247106","price":9.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39866372_ccfaabce-b955-4746-8cf4-edeac9124308.jpg?v=1770268225","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781919247106-hey-man","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}