{"product_id":"eye-of-the-needle-christopher-raja-9781921758614","title":"Eye of the Needle","description":"\u003cp\u003eA passionate story about the landscape of grief and the emergence of self by a distinctive new voice in Australian literary fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1882 a young Afghan named Kadir lands in Port Augusta. He has arrived with six camels to make his fortune, and so becomes the transport for a scientific expedition into the red centre. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than a century later a young man named Kris comes of age in the Melbourne suburbs, having emigrated \n\u003cbr\u003efrom India with his family when he was just a boy. After the trauma of his father's mysterious death, Kris gravitates to St Kilda in search of a bigger world.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFate will lead Kris to drugs and sex and love. He will learn what it truly takes to write a novel about the visionary life: the tale of a cameleer who comes across the seas from Asia and is drawn into the dazzling heart of the continent, where all is revealed-the ancient peoples, power and possession, lies and lust, faith, death, and what really matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher Raja's Eye of the Needle is a spectacular novel about the force of desire and ambition, about what \n\u003cbr\u003elove does to us and what we will do for love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Compelling and vivid.' Sydney Morning Herald on The Burning Elephant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A poignant story, widely accessible and skilfully told.' Books+Publishing on Into the Suburbs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An emotional experience, heartbreaking yet hopeful.' The Big Issue on Into the Suburbs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A deeply human exploration of exile, love and grief, narrated in a voice that rings clear as a bell.'\n\u003cbr\u003eMeg Mundell on Into the Suburbs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christopher Raja","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50223281537267,"sku":"9781921758614","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781921758614.jpg?v=1786088981","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/eye-of-the-needle-christopher-raja-9781921758614","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}