{"product_id":"middlemen-9781834270029","title":"Middlemen","description":"\u003cp\u003eToronto, mid-2010s: the economy is tanking, the opioid crisis is about to explode, and Beau Larky is drifting through the city in a drug-fuelled haze, photographing extravagant weddings in order to bankroll his habit. When he learns that Cam, his former roommate and one-time lover--now a celebrity academic on the West Coast--has suffered a breakdown, Beau is seized by an unexpected need to see him after years of silence. His impulsive trip to California ignites the resentment of Stacey, the professor's soon-to-be wife, and Cliff, their former drug dealer turned real-estate shark, now too busy riding the housing boom to care about anything but the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo \"middle\" is to sell drugs to support one's own habit, but also to linger, to stall, to refuse to decide. \u003ci\u003eMiddlemen\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark, unflinching story about class, distance, addiction, and the blurry line between human and financial relationships. Above all, it is a break-up letter to Toronto, the novel's meanest character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Now or Never Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781834270029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Maria Cichosz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53239972397237,"sku":"9781834270029","price":28.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781834270029.jpg?v=1788974979","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/middlemen-9781834270029","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}