{"product_id":"nobodys-empire","title":"Nobody's Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's the early 1990s in Glasgow, and Stephen - music loving romantic - has emerged from a lengthy hospital stay diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood disease that has robbed him of any prospects of work, a social life or independent living. Meeting fellow strugglers, who the world seems to care less and less for, they form their own support group and try to get by as cheaply and as painlessly as possible. Finding that he has the ability to write songs, albeit in a slow and fledgling way, Stephen wakes to the possibility of a spiritual life beyond the everyday. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeaving Glasgow in search of a cure in the mythic warmth of California, Stephen and his friend Richard float between hostels, sofas, and park benches. Could the trip really offer them both a new-world reinvention?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 0571388108\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9780571388103\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stuart Murdoch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51593930178826,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780571388103.jpg?v=1754207136","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/nobodys-empire","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}