{"product_id":"9780143568803","title":"The Riders","description":"Author: Winton, Tim\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143568803\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jan 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel that brought Tim Winton his first Booker  Prize shortlisting, charts an odyssey across Europe, a transfixing  journey through the underworld of every  lover's nightmare.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow being adapted into a major film by Scott Free Productions and US studio A24, starring Brad Pitt, directed by Edward Berger.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFred Scully waits at the arrival gate of an international airport, anxious to see his wife and daughter. After two years in Europe they are finally settling down. He sees a new life before them, a stable outlook again, a fresh start, a cottage in the Irish countryside that he's renovated by hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe's waited, sweated on this reunion. The flight lands. The doors at the airport hiss open. And Scully's life falls to pieces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with the pace of a thriller and the human understanding of a master novelist, \u003ci\u003eThe Riders \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the Booker Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'At its breaking heart is a fearless exploration of how well we can ever really know each other . . . Winton is not a great Australian novelist; he is a great novelist full stop.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Winton has forced a different kind of thinking about men and their imperatives, about the value and meaning of action . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e is a grand, poised, metaphorical reconciliation.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 'There is more feeling in this book than can ever be paraphrased.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e is about the painful process of learning to live without illusions, without false anticipation . . . Furious and vital . . . a celebration - of the messiness of life and of the force of good fiction.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vivid and rewarding . . . Encompasses and transcends all the known world.' \u003cb\u003eThomas Keneally\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'If you're looking for a book that bolts you to your seat, this is it.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48145015046302,"sku":"UBD-9780143568803","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143568803.jpg?v=1786878422","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143568803","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}