{"product_id":"9781529389913-highway-thirteen","title":"Highway Thirteen","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in the lives of everyday people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Walks Down \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe High Places\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Stylish and lyrical in its prose and deeply sensitive in its characterisation'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Clever and engrossing'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McFarlane's imaginative and tonal range is astonishing . a superb writer'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterclass'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McFarlane is a master at just about everything: dialogue, setting, comic timing'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged for a series of brutal murders. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims' families, but its impact travels even further: into the past, as the murders rewrite personal histories, and into the future, as true crime podcasts and biopics tell the story of the crimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the killer's childhood town to Texas, Rome and beyond, from the mid-twentieth century to the near-future, \u003ci\u003eHighway Thirteen\u003c\/i\u003e asks how do communities make sense of such atrocities? How does the mourning of families sit alongside the public fascination with terrible crimes? And can we tell true crime stories without centring the killers?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125721022838,"sku":"9781529389913","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31997535.jpg?v=1736328017","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529389913-highway-thirteen","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}