{"product_id":"9780648414032","title":"T","description":"Author: Alan Fyfe\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780648414032\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Transit Lounge\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 232\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Shortlisted for the TAG Hungerford Manuscript Award 2018*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Shortlisted for the International Chaffinch Press Manuscript Award (Ireland)*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChilling to read, cut with powerful energy and strong feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eT or Timothy lives on the economic margins, both using and selling methamphetamine in Mandurah. When a friend, Gulp, tragically dies and T grows close to Lori-Bird his life promises to become more centred. But he moves between loving and leaving her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a lyrical and arresting portrait of characters who crave love but struggle with addiction and the tenuous yet intimate community connections it gives them. The spirit of the Peel landscape informs both T's identity and the lives of the people he encounters and offers a way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate with suffering and beauty, \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e is also at times transcendent. A contemporary novel with the urgency of what Davies' \u003ci\u003eCandy\u003c\/i\u003e, Kerouac's \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, and Garner's \u003ci\u003eMonkey Grip\u003c\/i\u003e were to their own times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Confronting and discomfiting, with small moments of redemption \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is very much a story for our times.'  Kate Noske and Richard Rossiter (Hungerford Award Judges).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There is nothing else currently being written that is quite as exciting. Its blend of realism, grittiness, pared back lyricism and magical realism is unique and hasn't been seen since the work of a powerful novelist of regional life like Tom Flood.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e works the margins, both in terms of place and subject of the culture around meth use, in utterly compelling ways. This story needs to be told.'  Lucy Dougan, Premier's Award winner and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWesterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e editor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46798822899870,"sku":"ADS-9780648414032","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780648414032.jpg?v=1778120220","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780648414032","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}