{"product_id":"9780753811023","title":"The Keepers of Truth","description":"Author: Michael Collins\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780753811023\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2001\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the mid-80s in post-industrial America. In a small town graced with the decaying hulks of defunct factories, young journalist and college dropout Bill churns out lengthy essays on the death of industry and of America itself for The Daily Truth, whose scoops rarely rise above the latest home-bake contest.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe static summer is punctured when local bad boy Ronny Lawton reports his father missing. A dismembered finger is found and all suspect the son of murdering his hated father, but nothing can be proved. The sorry tale of the white trash Lawtons hypnotises the town and Ronny Lawton becomes a local icon. Bill becomes increasingly obsessed with the story - he gets involved with Ronny's estranged wife, finds a decomposing human head and ends up as a suspect in the murder case himself.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThings come to a head and Ronny Lawton holds his wife, child and Bill hostage in a confrontation with the FBI.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47918991016094,"sku":"ING-9780753811023","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780753811023.jpg?v=1782802559","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780753811023","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}