{"product_id":"highway-thirteen-9781529389913","title":"Highway Thirteen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Stylish and lyrical in its prose and deeply sensitive in its characterisation''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Clever and engrossing''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''McFarlane''s imaginative and tonal range is astonishing . . . a superb writer''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A masterclass''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''McFarlane is a master at just about everything: dialogue, setting, comic timing''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged for a series of brutal murders. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims'' families, but its impact travels even further: into the past, as the murders rewrite personal histories, and into the future, as true crime podcasts and biopics tell the story of the crimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the killer''s childhood town to Texas, Rome and beyond, from the mid-twentieth century to the near-future, \u003ci\u003eHighway Thirtee\u003c\/i\u003en asks, how do communities make sense of such atrocities? How does the mourning of families sit alongside the public fascination with terrible crimes? And can we tell true crime stories without centring the killers?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR FIONA MCFARLANE''S\u003ci\u003e THE SUN WALKS DOWN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Steinbeckian Majesty''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Moving and masterful''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brilliant, fresh and compulsively readable''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANN PATCHETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020035359063,"sku":"9781529389913","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529389913.jpg?v=1750782146","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/highway-thirteen-9781529389913","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}