{"product_id":"9781529389869","title":"The Sun Walks Down : 'Steinbeckian majesty' - Sunday Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): McFarlane, Fiona \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/02\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 432 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529389869,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE  'Brilliant, fresh and compulsively readable' ANN PATCHETT 'A blazing mystery . . . tremendous' GUARDIAN 'Masterful storytelling' WASHINGTON POST 'Gloriously orchestrated . . . kaleidoscopic'IRISH TIMES 'A thrilling success' WALL STREET JOURNALAn epic tale of unsettlement, history, myth, art and love - and of a small boy lost in the Australian desert from the prize-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September 1883, in a small town in the South Australian outback, six-year-old Denny Wallace goes missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a dust storm sweeps across the landscape, the entire community is caught up in the search. Scouring the desert and mountains, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, policemen - confront their relationships with each other and with the ancient land they inhabit. A land haunted by many gods - the sun among them, rising and falling on each day in which Denny could be found, or lost forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR FIONA MCFARLANE 'I can't think of another writer working today who I admire more' KEVIN POWERS, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE YELLOW BIRDS'An extraordinary writer'MICHELLE DE KRETSER, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF SCARY MONSTERS 'McFarlane has a gift for cutting into a story at precisely the right angle'THE TIMES'An intelligent and distinctive voice . . . a marvel'SYDNEY MORNING HERALD'An exceptionally fine writer'PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42264281022508,"sku":"9781529389869","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9781529389869.jpg?v=1702393267","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.live\/products\/9781529389869","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}