{"product_id":"stories-from-other-places-by-nicholas-shakespeare-9781784701017","title":"Stories from Other Places","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wonderful collection of short stories taking the reader around the world—from a dramatic First World War encounter in Australia to the faded glamour of ex-pat 1960s Bombay and an epic quest beginning in 1908 Bolivia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStories from Other Places\u003c\/em\u003e by Nicholas Shakespeare takes us around the globe and into the intimate lives of his characters and the dilemmas and temptations they face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe opening novella, 'Oddfellows', tells the little-known history of the only enemy attack on Australian soil during the Great War, when, in January 1915, the outback town of Broken Hill was rocked by horrifying events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom this dramatic First World War encounter, we are taken to the faded glamour of 1960s Bombay, to a Bolivian mining town in 1908 where civic folly is running amok, and to an Argentinian farm presided over by a former air stewardess and her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross oceans and continents, these are stories of connection and disconnection, misunderstanding and missed opportunities, identity and displacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46671489466604,"sku":"9781784701017","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11625003482823.jpg?v=1752819208","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/stories-from-other-places-by-nicholas-shakespeare-9781784701017","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}