{"product_id":"9781763516595","title":"King of Dirt","description":"Author: Holden Sheppard\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781763516595\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pantera Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gritty and heartfelt gay coming-of-age story from the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eInvisible Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiacomo Brolo, aka Jack, is a mess. He works piecemeal construction gigs in remote WA, drinks himself to oblivion and is estranged from his family and friends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then Jack returns to his hometown of Geraldton for a family wedding. He hasn’t been back since he fled at the age of eighteen, and his past soon catches up with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurns out Jack’s deeply conservative Italian family would prefer he remained in the closet. Then he finds out he may have conceived a son with his teenage girlfriend, and now Jack needs to convince her and her new husband that he’s fit to be a father figure. And whatever happened to Xavier, the former schoolmate who Jack was in love with and whose rejection spurred him to leave Geraldton in the first place?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs Jack doomed to live a dead-end life – or can he open himself up to the possibility of love, found family and connection?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46521318670494,"sku":"TLD-9781763516595","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781763516595.jpg?v=1771300847","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781763516595","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}