{"product_id":"secondhand-australian-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp2699","title":"Secondhand Australian Fiction Bargain Book Box  SP2699","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Australian Fiction Bargain Book Box — 18 Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA warm, varied collection spanning literary fiction, crime, women's fiction, and memoir — with Kristina Olsson's acclaimed \u003cem\u003eShell\u003c\/em\u003e and Marele Day's celebrated \u003cem\u003eLambs of God\u003c\/em\u003e at the literary end, four Ilsa Evans novels delivering her trademark domestic comedy, and Peter Corris and John Dale supplying the crime. A snapshot of contemporary Australian popular and literary fiction at its most readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKristina Olsson — \u003cem\u003eShell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Olsson's luminous 2018 novel unfolds across two locations simultaneously: Sydney, where a young journalist covers the building of the Opera House, and Norway, where the glass artist shaping that extraordinary building lives with his own grief. Quietly dazzling — one of the finer Australian literary novels of recent years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIlsa Evans — \u003cem\u003eOdd Socks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Evans's domestic comic fiction — warm, funny, and sharply observed — follows a woman navigating the chaos of modern life with equal measures of exasperation and resilience. The first of four Evans novels in this box.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Dale — \u003cem\u003ePlenty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Dale is one of Australian crime and literary fiction's most versatile writers, and Peter Corris's cover endorsement — \"an authentic voice telling a compelling story for our times\" — captures exactly what makes him worth reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIlsa Evans — \u003cem\u003eSpin Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Evans at her most gleefully relatable — a week of catastrophic domestic upheaval rendered with the comic timing that earned her a devoted Australian readership. The second Evans in this box.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTess Evans — \u003cem\u003eThe Ballad of Banjo Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A small country town, second chances, and the question the cover poses directly: what would you give up for happiness? Evans's warm-hearted fiction in the tradition of Australian community storytelling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChester Eagle — \u003cem\u003eAt the Window\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Eagle is a quietly distinctive Melbourne literary presence — independent, unhurried, and resistant to fashion. His fiction rewards patient readers with an intelligence and observational precision all his own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoy Dettman — \u003cem\u003eOne Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Dettman has built a devoted following with her rural Victorian fiction, and this novel — \"a story of small-town survival and a train that arrived too late\" — shows her characteristic ability to make ordinary places feel both intimate and ominous.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIlsa Evans — \u003cem\u003eBroken\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Some things can't be fixed\" — Evans's third appearance in this box takes a slightly darker tonal turn while retaining the warmth and observational humour her readers rely on. A \u003cem\u003eGreat Women's Weekly Read\u003c\/em\u003e selection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Corris — \u003cem\u003eThe Gulliver Fortune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Corris — creator of Cliff Hardy, the godfather of Australian crime fiction — brings his characteristic laconic intelligence to this novel. \"A great read,\" confirmed the \u003cem\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/em\u003e, and Corris rarely disappointed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIlsa Evans — \u003cem\u003eFlying the Coop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The fourth and final Evans in this box — a tree-change novel asking whether the seductive fantasy of a simpler life can survive contact with its reality. \u003cem\u003eThe Age\u003c\/em\u003e praised her ear for the rhythms of everyday Australian women's lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMark O'Flynn — \u003cem\u003eGrassdogs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Varuna Award Winner)\u003c\/em\u003e O'Flynn is a poet and novelist of genuine distinction. \u003cem\u003eGrassdogs\u003c\/em\u003e — a Varuna Award winner about a man hiding something in a remote location, where \"everyone's hiding something\" — is psychological fiction of considerable depth and atmospheric power.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Dale — \u003cem\u003eDetective Work\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Dale's second appearance — crime fiction asking who killed Renee Summers, with the same taut, purposeful prose that makes him one of the more satisfying Australian crime writers working today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarele Day — \u003cem\u003eLambs of God\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Three nuns whose isolated island convent has been forgotten by the outside world discover a young priest on their doorstep — and what follows is one of the strangest, most original Australian novels of the 1990s. \"Clever, entertaining, rich and strange,\" the \u003cem\u003eSunday Age\u003c\/em\u003e called it. An unforgettable book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarele Day — \u003cem\u003eThe Sea Bed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Day's second appearance — further evidence of the restless imaginative range that took her from Claudia Valentine crime novels to \u003cem\u003eMrs Cook\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eLambs of God\u003c\/em\u003e. Her fiction consistently refuses to settle into the expected.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlison Booth — \u003cem\u003eStillwater Creek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Booth's debut novel, set in a small coastal New South Wales town in the 1950s — a community harbouring secrets, a new schoolteacher arriving to disturb old certainties, and an atmosphere that lingers in the imagination long after the last page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlison Booth — \u003cem\u003eA Distant Land\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The continuation of Stillwater Creek's world — Booth's second novel following the lives she established in her debut, expanding the geography and the time frame of her quietly absorbing fictional territory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChris Eipper — \u003cem\u003eDieback\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Tim Winton's cover endorsement — \"Eipper's characters are authentic country people on a living creek. I liked them\" — is as reliable a guarantee of quality regional Australian fiction as any review could provide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarry Dickins — \u003cem\u003eI Love to Live: The Fabulous Life of Barry Dickins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Dickins is a beloved Melbourne playwright, artist, and raconteur — a genuine bohemian original whose memoir promises to be as exuberant, digressive, and warm-hearted as everything else he has produced.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759342825691,"sku":"SP2699","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/IMG_0651.jpg?v=1778410883","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-australian-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp2699","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}