{"product_id":"9781923023420","title":"The Maskeys","description":"Author: Stuart Everly-Wilson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781923023420\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Transit Lounge\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The Maskeys \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edives deep into the wreckage of family, where love, loyalty, ambition and revenge collide with electrifying results. Bitingly funny, gloriously feral.'  CATHERINE CHIDGEY \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small Australian town. The story of an extraordinary family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocals see George Maskey as a hollow braggard who is at least partly responsible for the crime and drug related death Naples has seen over the years. His wife blames him for the death of their teenage twins. His gay stepson regards him as a racist homophobe. And Serenade Theadora  the town's famed mystic  sees him in equal parts as good and bad. But George, the family patriarch, is not the star of this story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rodney, the loyal Maskey right-hand man, is kidnapped by service-station proprietor Gayle Reynolds  in a bungled revenge against his boss  events are set in train that will see the Maskey family changed forever. Love-starved reader of romance novels, physical runt, dreamer; Rodney has lived in a forest on the Knuckle, tending the Maskey's marijuana plantation since the death of his mother. Gayle regards his capture as an opportunity to learn the whereabouts of her missing son, Duncan: Rodney's childhood best friend. For Rodney, captivity turns his life upside down. He meets Leanne. She is the girl who brings him his meals. And in her the unattractive young man, who has despaired of ever finding love, sees a person he could risk everything for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Maskeys\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling and groundbreaking portrayal of the overlooked, both tender and incisive. From the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLow Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867065602206,"sku":"ADS-9781923023420","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781923023420.jpg?v=1779429147","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781923023420","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}