{"product_id":"9781843447788","title":"Dodgers","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen East, a low-level lookout for a Los Angeles drug organisation, loses his watch house in a police raid, his boss recruits him for a very different job: a road trip - straight down the middle of white, rural America - to assassinate a judge in Wisconsin. Having no choice, East and a crew of untested boys - including his trigger-happy...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the British Book Award for Best Crime and Thriller Novel 2017\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger 2016\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger 2016\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the LA Times Book Prize 2017\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the British Book Award for Overall Book of the Year 2017\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel 2017\u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction 2017\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the Barry Award for Best First Novel 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEast, a low-level lookout for a Los Angeles drug organisation, loses his watch house in a police raid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo his boss recruits him for a very different job: a road trip - straight down the middle of white, rural America - to assassinate a judge in Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving no choice, East and a crew of untested boys leave the only home they've ever known in a nondescript blue van, with a roll of cash, a map and a gun they shouldn't have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy way of \u003cem\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/em\u003e and in the spirit of Scott Smith's \u003cem\u003eA Simple Plan\u003c\/em\u003e and Richard Price's \u003cem\u003eClockers, Dodgers\u003c\/em\u003e is itself something entirely original: a gripping literary crime novel with a compact cast whose intimate story opens up to become a reflection on the nature of belonging and reinvention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'One of the greatest literary crime novels you will read in your lifetime'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDonald Ray Pollock, author of\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKnockemstiff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Devil All the Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Provocative, gripping, and timely, Dodgers is a riveting read that leaves a lasting impression' \u003cem\u003eAmerican Bookseller's Association\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A road movie, a coming-of-age tale, a crime novel of gritty realism and a hugely impressive debut.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Beverly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46898429067413,"sku":"9781843447788","price":23.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781843447788_c8bd6658-ee84-40c2-8c9c-df70a2f7dc53.jpg?v=1776888142","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781843447788","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}