{"product_id":"9781775535768","title":"From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle","description":"Author: De Goldi, Kate\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781775535768\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE NZ\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Sep 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet filmmaker Barney Kettle, who liked to invent stories but found a real one under his nose. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet filmmaker Barney Kettle, who liked to invent stories but found a real one under his nose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarney Kettle knew he would be a very famous film director one day, he just didn't know when that day would arrive. He was already an actual director - he'd made four fifteen-minute films - but so far only his schoolmates and the residents of the High Street had viewed them. Global fame was a little way off. It would come, though. Barney was certain about that ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins the manuscript written from the hospital bed of an unnamed man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has written it over many months as he recovers from serious injuries sustained in a city-wide catastrophe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has written so he can remember the street where he lived, home to a cavalcade of interesting people, singular shops, and curious stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has written so he can remember the summer before he was injured, the last days of a vanished world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbove all, he has written so he can remember the inimitable Barney Kettle, filmmaker, part-time dictator, questing brain, theatrical friend; a boy who loved to invent stories but found a real one under his nose; a boy who explored his neighbourhood with camera in hand and stumbled on a mystery that changed everything ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA beautiful story: big-hearted, richly entertaining, powerful.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 Storylines Notable Junior Fiction Award and winner of the Esther Glen Award at the \u003cb\u003e2016 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67445909258398,"sku":"UBD-9781775535768","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781775535768.jpg?v=1790749994","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781775535768","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}