{"product_id":"2026100012216-secondhand-faraway","title":"Faraway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRestlessness, romance, and the intoxicating call of the unknown drive J. B. Priestley's Faraway, a sweeping adventure novel that transports its characters — and its readers — to the remote, treasure-laden islands of the South Pacific. The story follows a disparate group of Britons united by a single, desperate quest: to locate a mysterious island rich with mineral wealth, as revealed in the dying confession of an old sea captain. Priestley masterfully blends the spirit of classic adventure with a sharp, ironic eye for the social tensions and personal failings of his characters, making the journey as much an inward voyage as an outward one.\n\nFaraway stands as a testament to Priestley's extraordinary versatility — the same pen that rendered the grim industrial north of England in The Good Companions here conjures sun-drenched seas and moral ambiguity with equal confidence. The novel's wit is never far beneath the surface, undercutting imperial ambition and human greed with a quietly devastating humour. Priestley argues, through his wanderers, that what men seek at the ends of the earth is often what they have refused to confront at home — a question that lingers long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022613446875,"sku":"2026100012216-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/806124a1-8c0a-4a93-9571-6f7e58d3a9c5.png?v=1793665325","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012216-secondhand-faraway","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}