{"product_id":"a-long-way-from-home-peter-carey","title":"A Long Way from Home - Peter Carey","description":"\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the 2019 Walter Scott Historical Fiction Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIrene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia. Together with Willie, their lanky navigator, they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the continent, over roads no car will ever quite survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Long Way from Home is Peter Carey's late style masterpiece; a thrilling high speed story that starts in one way, then takes you to another place altogether. Set in the 1950s in the embers of the British Empire, painting a picture of Queen and subject, black, white and those in-between, this brilliantly vivid novel illustrates how the possession of an ancient culture spirals through history - and the love made and hurt caused along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback - New \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foster's Little Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57366672966012,"sku":null,"price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/9426\/6296\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_8e60fdba-5ce0-49d9-a152-06cf2982925b.jpg?v=1788011653","url":"https:\/\/fosterslittlebookshop.com\/products\/a-long-way-from-home-peter-carey","provider":"Foster's Little Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}