{"product_id":"9780143572831","title":"Golden Boys","description":"Author: Hartnett, Sonya\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143572831\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Jan 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSonya Hartnett's third novel for adults is utterly compelling, an unflinching and disquieting work from one of Australia's finest writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award, \u003ci\u003eGolden Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching and utterly compelling novel for adults by Sonya Hartnett, one Australia's finest writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With their father, there's always a catch . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColt Jenson and his younger brother Bastian have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father, Rex, showers them with gifts - toys, bikes, all that glitters most - and makes them the envy of the neighbourhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo Freya Kiley and the other local kids, the Jensons are a family from a magazine, and Rex a hero - successful, attentive, attractive, always there to lend a hand. But to Colt he's an impossible figure in a different way: unbearable, suffocating. Has Colt got Rex wrong, or has he seen something in his father that will destroy their fragile new lives?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSonya Hartnett's third novel for adults is utterly compelling, an unflinching and disquieting work from one of Australia's finest writers.\u003cbr\u003e '\u003ci\u003eGolden Boys\u003c\/i\u003e has a line-by-line brilliance that is startling . . .  Hartnett  is one of Australia's most penetrating analysts of the travail and turmoil of families, especially as witnessed and suffered by the young.'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67445904572574,"sku":"UBD-9780143572831","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143572831.jpg?v=1790749821","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143572831","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}