{"product_id":"2026600000096-secondhand-the-second-bridegroom-signed","title":"The Second Bridegroom (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the raw, unforgiving landscape of early colonial Australia, The Second Bridegroom is a haunting and lyrical work of literary historical fiction. The novel chronicles the journey of a convict who escapes into the wilderness and is taken in by an Aboriginal community, forcing a profound reckoning with identity, belonging, and the violent collision of two worlds. Rodney Hall constructs the narrative with an intense, dreamlike prose style that blurs the boundaries between civilization and nature, self and other. The story uncovers the brutal contradictions at the heart of the colonial project, presenting a vision of Australia's founding that is both deeply unsettling and achingly beautiful. Celebrated as one of Hall's finest works, it stands as a powerful meditation on what it means to be truly lost — and irrevocably transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810589356251,"sku":"2026600000096-SECONDHAND","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/256525ab-6c6b-46fa-81a3-250a379a2d1b.png?v=1779805644","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000096-secondhand-the-second-bridegroom-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}