{"product_id":"9780007369362_julian-corkle-is-a-filthy-liar","title":"Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe funniest debut novel since Tom Sharpe’s Riotous Assembly, only it’s set in Tasmania!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulian Corkle's got small-screenability. His mother tells him he'll be a star one day. 'Twinkle, twinkle,' she says, giving his hair a ruffle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot everyone shares Julian's dreams of stardom. Television is too much like hairdressing for his father's tastes. A Tasmanian man wants a son for sporting purposes. 'Boys don't like dolls,' he tells Julian, 'They like Dinky Toys.' Not this boy, thinks Julian, who knows better than to tell the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides, the family already has a sporting hero, Julian's sister Carmel aka 'The Locomotive'. Julian likes his sister, but knows better than to tangle with her bowling arm. It's the same one she uses for punching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulian Corkle is a Filthy Liar is the ultimate feel-good novel, a book that will have the reader laughing out loud on the back of a bus as it follows Julian's bumpy journey through adolescence, fibbing his way through school and a series of dead-end jobs, to find his ultimate calling as creator of 'The Hog'. It's as if Crocodile Dundee has crashed Muriel's wedding and run off into the desert with Priscilla.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D. J. Connell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284908130453,"sku":"9780007369362","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007369362.png?v=1776992128","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007369362_julian-corkle-is-a-filthy-liar","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}