{"product_id":"highway-thirteen-9781529389876","title":"Highway Thirteen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eHighway Thirtee n is a novel that explores the impact of a brutal murder on a small Australian town and the families of the victims, as well as the public fascination with true crime stories. It has received critical acclaim for its imaginative and tonal range, dialogue, setting, comic timing, and masterful storytelling. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25 July 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e McFarlane s imaginative and tonal range is astonishing . . . a superb writer . . . McFarlane is a master at just about everything: dialogue, setting, comic timing . . . In 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged for a series of brutal murders. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims' families, but its impact travels even further: into the past, as the murders rewrite personal histories, and into the future, as true crime podcasts and biopics tell the story of the crimes. From the killer's childhood town to Texas, Rome and beyond, from the mid-twentieth century to the near-future, Highway Thirteen asks, how do communities make sense of such atrocities? How does the mourning of families sit alongside the public fascination with terrible crimes? And can we tell true crime stories without centring the killers?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003eStylish and lyrical in its prose and deeply sensitive in its characterisation\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eClever and engrossing\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMcFarlane's imaginative and tonal range is astonishing . . . a superb writer\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBooks of the Year\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA masterclass\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMcFarlane is a master at just about everything: dialogue, setting, comic timing\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eIn 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged for a series of brutal murders. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims' families, but its impact travels even further: into the past, as the murders rewrite personal histories, and into the future, as true crime podcasts and biopics tell the story of the crimes. \u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFrom the killer's childhood town to Texas, Rome and beyond, from the mid-twentieth century to the near-future, Highway Thirteen asks, how do communities make sense of such atrocities? How does the mourning of families sit alongside the public fascination with terrible crimes? And can we tell true crime stories without centring the killers?\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePRAISE FOR FIONA MCFARLANE'S \u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTHE SUN WALKS DOWN\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSteinbeckian Majesty\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMoving and masterful\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBrilliant, fresh and compulsively readable\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eANN PATCHETT\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMcFarlane's imaginative and tonal range is astonishing . . . a superb writer . . . McFarlane is a master at just about everything: dialogue, setting, comic timing . . . \u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eIn 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged for a series of brutal murders. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims' families, but its impact travels even further: into the past, as the murders rewrite personal histories, and into the future, as true crime podcasts and biopics tell the story of the crimes. \u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFrom the killer's childhood town to Texas, Rome and beyond, from the mid-twentieth century to the near-future, Highway Thirteen asks, how do communities make sense of such atrocities? How does the mourning of families sit alongside the public fascination with terrible crimes? 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