{"product_id":"missing-tom-patterson-9781761066764","title":"Missing","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARD'S MICHAEL CROUCH AWARD FOR A DEBUT WORK \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHey mate, Pete and Steve have been talking to some people who live around the national park where Mark lives . . . nobody has seen him for months . . . We're about to head into the gorge . . . I'll let you know what we find . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1972 Mark May is eighteen. He is bright, beautiful and has a scholarship to study law. Ten years later he descends alone into remote gorge country in north-western New South Wales. He lives in rough camps and stays for thirty-five years. Then, on a feeling, his brothers go looking for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMissing is a true story of immense emotional force. It tells of a broken life and a ruptured family but is also a spare and eloquent story of survival that carries a deep humanity. It announces a significant new talent in Australian writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This compelling, moving tale is unlike anything I have ever read. Intimate and vivid, Tom Patterson has found beauty and meaning amid the sorrow.' - Malcolm Knox \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An inside look into an outsider's world, tenderly and beautifully told.' - Greg Bearup \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'brims with winning details . . .lean, pacy prose' - Sydney Morning Herald\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'This fiction-structured true-life story beautifully captures the love and sorrow of a family divided by well-intentioned aspirations.' - Canberra Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Patterson","offers":[{"title":"As New","offer_id":43174867304691,"sku":"9990002980329","price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781761066764.jpg?v=1662068291","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/missing-tom-patterson-9781761066764","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}