{"product_id":"2026200015714-secondhand-lightning-ridge","title":"Lightning Ridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the scorched red earth of outback New South Wales lies a world of obsession, fortune, and hardship — and Ion Idriess knew it intimately. Lightning Ridge chronicles the author's vivid firsthand experiences among the eccentric opal miners who carved out a lawless, sun-bleached existence at one of Australia's most legendary opal fields in the early twentieth century. With the keen eye of a born storyteller, Idriess presents a cast of weathered, larger-than-life characters — dreamers and desperadoes united by the seductive glimmer of the prized black opal — painting an unforgettable portrait of a community existing entirely on the knife-edge of luck.\n\nA cornerstone of Australian bush literature, Lightning Ridge illustrates Idriess's signature style: direct, muscular prose infused with a deep reverence for the land and the indomitable spirit of those who dare to wrestle a living from it. Published as part of the respected A\u0026amp;R Non-Fiction Classics series, this work stands as both a social document and an adventure narrative, preserving a vanished chapter of Australian frontier life. For anyone drawn to the raw mythology of the outback, this is an irresistible dispatch from the edge of the known world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203257770203,"sku":"2026200015714-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/75281795-b7b0-4adc-93ae-6ad429963079.png?v=1788146611","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015714-secondhand-lightning-ridge","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}