{"product_id":"2026100009463-secondhand-vanishing-points","title":"Vanishing Points","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of Australia's most celebrated and uncompromising literary voices comes Vanishing Points, a collection of stories that tears back the comfortable veneer of suburban and rural Australian life to reveal the raw, often brutal humanity beneath. Thea Astley trains her unflinching eye on a cast of outsiders, misfits, and forgotten souls — characters navigating grief, isolation, and the quiet cruelties of a society that would rather look away — rendering their struggles with a precision that is at once devastating and darkly comic.\n\nAstley's prose is a masterclass in controlled fury, wielding sharp irony and lyrical intensity in equal measure to chronicle the margins of the Australian experience. Her work sits proudly in the tradition of great social realism, challenging readers to confront uncomfortable truths about belonging, identity, and moral failure. Vanishing Points confirms her status as a giant of Australian letters, and leaves one wondering: in a land so vast, how is it that so many people manage to disappear?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203180372187,"sku":"2026100009463-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a85bcdb8-147b-4562-9620-c33978ea1be4.png?v=1788144998","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009463-secondhand-vanishing-points","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}