{"product_id":"9780008284039_good-trouble","title":"Good Trouble","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBack at dinner, somebody said that the goose thinks it’s a dog. No, it doesn’t. It doesn’t think it’s a dog. The goose doesn’t think. The goose just is. And what the goose is is goose. But goose is not goose, Robert thinks. Even the goose isn’t goose.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGood Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e, the first story collection from Joseph O’Neill, author of \u003cem\u003eNetherland\u003c\/em\u003e, characters are forced to discover exactly who they are, and who they can never quite be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s Rob, who swears he is a dependable member of society, but can’t scrape together a character reference to prove that’s the case. And Jayne, who has no choice but to investigate a strange noise downstairs while her husband lies glued to the bed with fear. A mother tries to find where she fits into her son’s new life of semi-soft rind-washed cheeses, and a poet tries to fathom what makes a poet. Do you even have to write poetry?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with O’Neill’s trademark acerbic humour, \u003cem\u003eGood Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e explores the maddening and secretly political space between thoughts and deeds, between men and women, between goose and not-goose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph O'Neill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46897371152533,"sku":"9780008284039","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008284039_94851ea8-4e8d-450d-ad97-0f3832ede70b.jpg?v=1776888356","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008284039_good-trouble","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}