{"product_id":"drylands-thea-astley-9781925603576","title":"Drylands","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1999, Drylands was Thea Astley's fourth and final Miles Franklin winner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the dying town of Drylands, Janet Deakin sells papers to lonely locals. At night, in her flat above the newsagency, she attempts to write a novel for a world in which no one reads - 'full of people, she envisaged, glaring at a screen that glared glassily back.' Drylands is the story of the townsfolk's harsh, violent lives. Trenchant and brilliant, Thea Astley's final novel is a dark portrait of outback Australia in decline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thea Astley","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173280809203,"sku":"9781925603576","price":14.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781925603576.jpg?v=1662056540","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/drylands-thea-astley-9781925603576","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}