{"product_id":"randolph-ave","title":"Randolph Ave","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Murphy is nearing the end of his university career, and he has never been less certain about his future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabouring under the presumption that his girlfriend of five years has expectations that he cannot fulfill, John subconsciously spends the summer doing everything in his power to untangle himself from that relationship. That includes legally dubious employment, taking unnecessary risks, and befriending a number of unsavoury characters, one of whom commits an act of violence on John's behalf, or so John is led to believe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt its heart, \u003cem class=\"x-el x-el-span c1-3t c1-3u c1-b c1-8t c1-2w c1-3z c1-8u c1-8v\"\u003eRandolph Ave\u003c\/em\u003e is about the tensions that accompany rising expectations — real or imagined — of a young man's transition from adolescence to adulthood, and how some like John, find the pressure simply too much to bear. In the end, while fraught with misadventure and untold social embarrassment, John comes to discover a hidden talent and subsequently pulls himself free from his malignant malaise. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in Windsor, Ontario, in the mid 1990s, \u003cem class=\"x-el x-el-span c1-3t c1-3u c1-b c1-8t c1-2w c1-3z c1-8u c1-8v\"\u003eRandolph Ave\u003c\/em\u003e is a coming-of-age story that many will relate to and enjoy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jamie Muir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47628163023103,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/Randolph_20Ave.jpg?v=1764959806","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/randolph-ave","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}