{"product_id":"eye-of-the-needle-by-christopher-raja-out-4-august-2026","title":"Eye of the Needle by Christopher Raja (Out 4 August 2026)","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs1EF720B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eA passionate story about the landscape of grief and the emergence of self by a distinctive new voice in Australian literary fiction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than a century later a young man named Kris comes of age in the Melbourne suburbs, having emigrated \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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Raja's Eye of the Needle is a spectacular novel about the force of desire and ambition, about what \u003cbr\u003elove does to us and what we will do for love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003ePRAISE- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e'Compelling and vivid.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eSydney Morning Herald \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eThe Burning Elephant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e'A poignant story, widely accessible and skilfully told.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBooks+Publishing on\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eInto the Suburbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e'An emotional experience, heartbreaking yet hopeful.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eInto the Suburbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e'A deeply human exploration of exile, love and grief, narrated in a voice that rings clear as a bell.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eMeg Mundell \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eInto the Suburbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44146416386136,"sku":"9781921758614","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781921758614_1.jpg?v=1779850346","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/eye-of-the-needle-by-christopher-raja-out-4-august-2026","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}