{"product_id":"9781925780031","title":"The Contemptuary","description":"Author: David Foster\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925780031\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Puncher and Wattmann\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Oct 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 174 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonasteries and gaols: David Foster, reflects thatduring the course of his life the monasteries have emptied while the gaols aredoing nicely. Set in Goulburn and its surrounds, where Foster resides, \u003ci\u003eThe Contemptuary\u003c\/i\u003e is a lament for a dyingfaith, a commentary on prison life and, perhaps unexpectedly from Foster inthis, his sixteenth novel, an unputdownable whodunnit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Attempt to characterise Foster's writing andeventually one will run out of adjectives. There is simply no one remotely likehim in contemporary Australian fiction. He is so far ahead of everyone elsethat it's not funny.' -\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925041922206,"sku":"ING-9781925780031","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925780031.jpg?v=1782958069","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925780031","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}