{"product_id":"golden-boys-by-sonya-hartnett-9780143572831","title":"Golden Boys","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award, \u003cem\u003eGolden Boys\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinching and utterly compelling novel for adults by Sonya Hartnett, one of Australia's finest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith their father, there's always a catch... Colt Jenson and his younger brother Bastian have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father, Rex, showers them with gifts - toys, bikes, all that glitters most - and makes them the envy of the neighbourhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo Freya Kiley and the other local kids, the Jensons are a family from a magazine, and Rex a hero - successful, attentive, attractive, always there to lend a hand. But to Colt, he's an impossible figure in a different way - unbearable, suffocating. Has Colt got Rex wrong, or has he seen something in his father that will destroy their fragile new lives?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSonya Hartnett's third novel for adults is utterly compelling, an unflinching and disquieting work from one of Australia's finest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGolden Boys\u003c\/em\u003e has a line-by-line brilliance that is startling. Hartnett is one of Australia's most penetrating analysts of the travail and turmoil of families, especially as witnessed and suffered by the young.' - Weekend Australian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545047519468,"sku":"9780143572831","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2444503482239.jpg?v=1749789960","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/golden-boys-by-sonya-hartnett-9780143572831","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}