{"product_id":"9781835015810_the-boy","title":"The Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE BOY is a novel of wasted talent, loss, greed and revenge - but also of discovered genius and joyous friendship.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Guards knock on the door the Boy already knows his mother is dead. His father flees to the pub, leaving him to wait alone. Soon his brother Fallon, half-protector and half-outlaw, draws him into a world where grief and crime are rarely separated. At the same time, a wealthy landowner harbours grotesque secrets in the countryside - a hidden \"family\" of abducted boys, a nightmare lurking beneath respectability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Boy moves through these fractured worlds - his father's guilt, his uncle's paramilitary past, his brother's violent death - he becomes both witness and inheritor of a brutal legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink of a space where the layered complexity of Tana French meets the whip-smart dialogue and brutal beauty of Colin Barrett and the sharp tenderness and humour of Graeme Armstrong's \u003cem\u003eThe Young Team\u003c\/em\u003e - and you're somewhere near where this novel will take you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE BOY is a dark, lyrical crime debut. It is unflinching, propulsive, and unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Gyves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47327816286357,"sku":"9781835015810","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781835015810.jpg?v=1778054049","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781835015810_the-boy","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}