{"product_id":"secondhand-literary-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp2802","title":"Secondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2802","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2802\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA well-curated literary fiction box with a strong Australian presence — James Bradley, David Francis, Jeri Kroll, and Jacinta Halloran all feature alongside international names including Téa Obreht, David Guterson, Bradford Morrow, and Anita Shreve. From Richard Wright's landmark short story collection to Christopher Nicholson's elegiac elephant novel, the range is wide and the quality consistently high — eighteen titles for readers who take their literary fiction seriously.\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\"\u003eThe Chase — Candida Clark — A British literary novel by one of her generation's more gifted stylists; a taut story of memory, return, and what cannot be escaped from the past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAgapanthus Tango — David Francis — An Australian family saga spanning generations and continents; Francis writes with intelligence and warmth about the bonds and fractures of family life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eVanishing Point — Jeri Kroll — A literary novel from Australian author and academic Jeri Kroll, published by Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann; a work of considered psychological depth and careful prose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eUncle Tom's Children — Richard Wright — Wright's 1938 collection of five novellas about Black life and racial violence in the American South; a landmark of African-American literature and one of the most powerful short fiction collections of the 20th century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Pilot's Wife — Anita Shreve — A woman discovers unsettling truths about her husband after his plane crashes; Shreve's suspenseful and emotionally devastating exploration of marriage, grief, and hidden lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Memory of Running — Ron McLarty — A lonely, overweight man bikes across America after learning of his sister's death; a warm, surprising, and deeply moving road novel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Deep Field — James Bradley — Bradley's debut novel, moving between contemporary London and Antarctica with a mystery at its heart; assured, atmospheric, and beautifully written.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Best Picture — Barry Hill — An Australian literary work by the acclaimed writer and essayist; characteristic intelligence and careful observation throughout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eResistance — Jacinta Halloran — An Australian novel of moral and psychological tension; Halloran writes with precision and compassion about the choices that define us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Secret Intensity of Everyday Life — William Nicholson — The first in Nicholson's acclaimed Sussex trilogy; an ensemble novel of ordinary people in a village, each conducting a quiet war against disappointment and desire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTasting Salt — Stephanie Dowrick — A literary novel by the noted Australian author; a work of emotional intelligence and resonant, carefully rendered prose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTrinity Fields — Bradford Morrow — Two boyhood friends grow up in the shadow of Los Alamos and the atomic bomb, their lives diverging across decades of American history; ambitious, richly textured, and deeply felt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eInland — Téa Obreht — The Orange Prize-winning author's second novel; a story of two lives in the American West of the 1800s, told with mythic power and narrative ingenuity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTigers in Red Weather — Liza Klaussmann — A debut novel following two cousins across decades of summers on Martha's Vineyard, as the glamour of their world gives way to darker truths; elegant, suspenseful, and beautifully observed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Love and Death of Caterina — Andrew Nicoll — A darkly comic novel set in a fictional South American republic, following a literature teacher obsessed with his most beautiful student; the author of The Good Mayor at his most wryly inventive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Neighbour — Julie Proudfoot — An Australian literary novel of psychological acuity and carefully rendered suburban unease.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Elephant Keeper — Christopher Nicholson — A quietly beautiful novel about an 18th-century English stable boy who becomes keeper to two Indian elephants; elegiac, unusual, and deeply felt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eEast of the Mountains — David Guterson — A terminally ill surgeon walks into the Cascades with his dogs and his memories; the author of Snow Falling on Cedars writing with characteristic lyricism about mortality and the American landscape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48839523008731,"sku":"SP2802","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/s2802.jpg?v=1780564405","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-literary-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp2802","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}