{"product_id":"nock-loose-game-of-thrones-meets-wake-in-fright-meets-kill-bill-meets-the-simpsons-9781760995072","title":"Nock Loose: Game of Thrones meets Wake in Fright meets Kill Bill meets The Simpsons","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoy is a gifted archer, a retired Olympian and former stuntwoman on a cult Japanese tokusatsu show. Raised by a feckless grifter, her home is Bodkins Point, a tiny country town which annually hosts an ultra-violent medieval festival called \"Agincourt.\" There, the town and the townsfolk's reality is in a constant state of tug-of-war with their elaborate, 150 years running, parallel fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath of a terrible fire, Joy's past and the town's dark history are set on a collision course as she takes the furious road to revenge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eWake in Fright \u003c\/em\u003emeets\u003cem\u003e Kill Bill \u003c\/em\u003emeets \u003cem\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eNock Loose\u003c\/em\u003e is like nothing else in OzLit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarlborough, Patrick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Patrick Marlborough is an underemployed writer\/comedian\/drongo living with their parents in Walyalup, Western Australia. They have been published in Vice, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Slate, Gawker, Meanjin, Crikey, Kotaku, The Lifted Brow, Kill Your Darlings, Cordite, Going Down Swinging and various other forgotten blogs, magazines and anthologies. The manuscript for their first novel, A Horse Held at Gunpoint, was shortlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award in 2021 and is still looking for a publisher. They are the founder and editor of The Yeah Nah Review, as well as Wharf Rat Press. They co-author all of their work with the ghost of their bad dog, Buckley, who is solely responsible for any problematic elements therein.","brand":"Fremantle Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580181545234,"sku":"9781760995072","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d9af5a5-62d1-4cf8-88fe-20f0a1265ee8.jpg?v=1756209794","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nock-loose-game-of-thrones-meets-wake-in-fright-meets-kill-bill-meets-the-simpsons-9781760995072","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}