{"product_id":"judas-boys","title":"Judas Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe long-awaited new novel from award-winning Australian writer, Joel Deane.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat happens when the future falls as dark as your past?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen all that you have seduced and betrayed, rises up to drown you.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePat Pinnock is about to find out.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePinnock is a Judas Boy -- a private schoolboy gone to seed. He's lost his job as a political staffer. He sleeps in the garage of his estranged wife. He has finally run out of friends and must face his accusers -- both the living and the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudas Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is the eagerly-awaited new novel from Joel Deane: a searing \u003ci\u003ede profundis\u003c\/i\u003e that reads like the secret history behind today's political headlines. Deane brings the aftermath of professional catastrophe, personal betrayal, and public disgrace to life with a poet's ear for the human voice fractured in extremis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eListen to the review discussion of \u003ci\u003eJudas Boys\u003c\/i\u003e by Joel Deane on ABC RN's Bookshelf here\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deane belongs to a long line of yarn-spinners ... from Henry Lawson to Frank Hardy to Peter Carey.' --\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccolades for John Deane:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Winner of the Vincent Buckley Prize **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Finalist for the Walkley Book Award **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Finalist for the Queensland Literary Awards **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Finalist for the Melbourne Prize for Literature **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Shortlisted for the John Bray Award **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47415696720121,"sku":"9780648848158","price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/4535\/6025\/files\/27841363482418.jpg?v=1770952433","url":"https:\/\/www.atticusbooksandart.com.au\/products\/judas-boys","provider":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}