{"product_id":"the-honeypot-by-russell-guy","title":"The Honeypot by Russell Guy","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs4639DCB{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Calibri;} .cs13DCAC4{text-align:left;margin:12pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;} .cs20B323B{18pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs75B323B{11pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003ch2 class=\"cs13DCAC4\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003ca id=\"_dx_frag_StartFragment\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs20B323B\"\u003eA provocative new Outback novel by award-winning writer and broadcaster Russell Guy\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cp class=\"cs13DCAC4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eJohn Booke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e, a farmer’s son from south-east Queensland, is on the run—caught up in the fallout of an affair he never knew was illicit. With a price on his head, he escapes to a lonely Outback roadhouse where he hopes anonymity will keep him safe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs13DCAC4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eBut anonymity is short-lived. After an unexpected moment at a funeral is perceived as a miracle, the neighbouring Indigenous community begin referring to him as an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003e“ingkarte”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e—a man of God. Despite his shaky faith and a life shaped by the dislocations of the sexual revolution, Booke finds himself reluctantly stepping into the role of missionary, spiritual guide and reformer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs13DCAC4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eThe roadhouse becomes a crucible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eBruce Shepherd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e, an Indigenous activist who has traded city life for his grandmother’s world of traditional art, watches Booke with curiosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eCheeseburger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e, the roadhouse cook, digs too deeply into Booke’s past.\u003cbr\u003eAnd \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eRhonda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e, a former rock guitarist living quietly in a caravan, holds secrets of her own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs13DCAC4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eAmid Indigenous artists, grey nomads, roadhouse politics, outback humour and a “river of grog” that divides the community, Booke searches for moral footing in a place where truth, identity and belonging have never been more contested.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs4639DCB\"\u003eThe Honey Pot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis at once a story of flight and arrival, fear and courage, and of the fragile bridges built between cultures on Australia’s remote mulga plains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44415479382104,"sku":"9781923321236","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781923321236_1.png?v=1784704469","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/the-honeypot-by-russell-guy","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}