{"product_id":"9780143571759","title":"Of a Boy","description":"Author: Hartnett, Sonya\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143571759\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Aug 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand and self-combustion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand and self-combustion. Adrian watches his suburban world, but there is much he cannot understand. He does not for instance, know why three neighbourhood children might set out to buy ice-cream and never come back home . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Far away the best new Australian piece of fiction I have read, rivalling the achievements of Thursday's child.' \u003cb\u003ePeter Craven, \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The writing is spare, the images crystalline . . .remarkable.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian (UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hartnett's work is a gem, the climax as taut as a triller and . . . heart wrenching.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Effortlessly moving form matter-of-fact to mystical, at times exquisitely painful to read, Of a Boy is an almost suffocatingly powerful evocation of the emotional life of the very young . . .  for  anyone who recalls being a child. And everyone who doesn't.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sonya Hartnett's Hauntingly beautiful part-family drama, part-mystery, captures the vulnerability of childhood and has a high-voltage ending you'll find hard to forget.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Women's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67445885304990,"sku":"UBD-9780143571759","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143571759.jpg?v=1790749460","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143571759","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}