{"product_id":"juice-by-tim-winton-9781761357800","title":"Juice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as you've never read him before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A masterful story for the ages . . . a book to hold close in the whip of hot wind, to commiserate with, to sing with. To read and weep.'\u003c\/em\u003e – TARA JUNE WINCH, \u003cstrong\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A hold-your-breath adventure set in an utterly plausible, sun-hammered future,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ewill stab your conscience and break your heart.'\u003c\/em\u003e – EMMA DONOGHUE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A searing but essential look at Earth after the human-induced apocalypse. Too real to be true. Too true to be real.'\u003c\/em\u003e – BOB BROWN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo fugitives, a man and a child, drive all night across a stony desert. As dawn breaks, they roll into an abandoned mine site. From the vehicle, they survey a forsaken place – middens of twisted iron, rusty wire, piles of sun-baked trash. They're exhausted, traumatised, desperate now. But as a refuge, this is the most promising place they've seen. The child peers at the field of desolation. The man thinks to himself, this could work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProblem is, they're not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins a searing, propulsive journey through a life whose central challenge is not simply a matter of survival, but of how to maintain human decency as everyone around you falls ever further into barbarism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A barnstorming, coruscating work of fiction, a heavyweight literary novel that sits squarely in the growing canon of \"climate fiction\" and it feels to me to be an instant classic of that genre. I strongly recommend it.'\u003c\/em\u003e – EMILY H WILSON, \u003cstrong\u003eNEW SCIENTIST (UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e, Winton has said, means \"human resilience and moral courage\", and there is that in spades in this complex, riveting book already being hailed as a masterpiece.'\u003c\/em\u003e – SYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This is page-turning stuff, gripping and awfully gratifying . . . Winton's ending is a masterstroke, the heart-in-your-mouth final chapter one of the best things I've read in a long time.'\u003c\/em\u003e – RACHEL SEIFFERT, \u003cstrong\u003eGUARDIAN UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Exciting . . . ambitious . . . \u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e breaks new ground to face the climate emergency.'\u003c\/em\u003e – THE CONVERSATION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Every machine-tooled sentence is its own reward . . . the sheer length of the novel becomes its greatest pleasure. Winton drives \u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e towards its conclusion with a narrative force that feels almost cyclonic.'\u003c\/em\u003e – GEORDIE WILLIAMSON, \u003cstrong\u003eTHE AUSTRALIAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Full of surprises and stunning originality.'\u003c\/em\u003e – SIMON SMART, \u003cstrong\u003eABC ONLINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A must-read masterpiece from one of Australia's most celebrated writers.'\u003c\/em\u003e – STEPHEN ROMEI, \u003cstrong\u003eSATURDAY PAPER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Blistering . . . propulsive, addictive.'\u003c\/em\u003e – JOE RUBBO, \u003cstrong\u003eREADINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Electrifying, sobering, grimly compelling . . . \u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e is an act of hope, a belief in persuasion, in the power of stories.'\u003c\/em\u003e – JULIA BAIRD, \u003cstrong\u003eABC ONLINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Winton powerfully captures the cumulative damage of combat and betrayal, writing movingly about the way it isolates the protagonist.'\u003c\/em\u003e – JAMES BRADLEY, \u003cstrong\u003eTHE SPECTATOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Chilling.'\u003c\/em\u003e – THE AGE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Some of the most high-octane thriller writing I've come across.'\u003c\/em\u003e – LUKE KENNARD, \u003cstrong\u003eTHE TELEGRAPH (UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Thrilling . . . utterly absorbing.'\u003c\/em\u003e – CLAIRE ADAM, \u003cstrong\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A profound as well as an enthralling novel.'\u003c\/em\u003e – AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Instant classic . . . in a class of its own.'\u003c\/em\u003e – AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46552357077228,"sku":"9781761357800","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761357800.jpg?v=1750042579","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/juice-by-tim-winton-9781761357800","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}