{"product_id":"9780733647161","title":"Pink Mountain on Locust Island","description":"Author: Jamie Marina Lau\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780733647161\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hachette Australia\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Apr 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shortlisted for the 2019 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Australia Literature Society Gold Medal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifteen-year-old Monk lives in Chinatown with her 'grumpy brown couch' dad. When Santa Coy - possible boyfriend, potential accomplice - enters their lives, an intoxicating hunger consumes their home. With her dodgy dad obsessed with Santa Coy's art, so begins a heady descent into art, casino resorts, drugs, vacant swimming pools, religion, pixelated tutorial videos, and senseless violence.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn bursts of fizzing, staccato and claustrophobic prose, this modern Australian take on the classic hard-boiled noir novel bounces you between pulverised English, elastic Cantonese and the new dialect of a digitised world.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamie Marina Lau's award-winning debut novel is a brilliant and compelling tale of crime and misunderstanding that explores a multifaceted world of angst and violence. Lau is an electrifying talent.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46465985872030,"sku":"ADS-9780733647161","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780733647161.jpg?v=1770010908","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780733647161","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}