{"product_id":"9781863739153-secondhand-1988","title":"1988","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition.  See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.  A description of our secondhand books is not always available.  Please contact  us if you have a question about this title.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Andrew McGahan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 324\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A lighthouse. A weather station, thousands of miles away. For six months. I drank steadily. With alcohol it all made sense.'  It's the Bicentennial year and for Gordon - failed writer and bottleshop boy - it seems his life is going nowhere. It's time to escape. From his overcrowded house, from Brisbane, from Expo 88, from everything. He stumbles into Wayne who has connections in Darwin and the promise of work. So the two of them head north toward swamps and crocodiles and sandflies innumerable, in search of inspiration, and of their rightful place in the culture of a nation.  1988, McGahan's second novel, is a prequel to his best-selling debut, Praise.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963640643803,"sku":"9781863739153-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/products\/9781863739153-us-300.jpg?v=1676598079","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781863739153-secondhand-1988","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}