{"product_id":"to-name-those-lost-9781609453497","title":"To Name Those Lost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Wilson's superbly taut novel keeps up its pace with spare punctuation and brutal dialogue in a vigorously drawn landscape feverish with the heat of a bushfire summer.\"-\u003cem\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wilson's beautiful writing stands out in harsh contrast to the world of violence, heartache, and human suffering he depicts.\" -\u003cem\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRohan Wilson's prize-winning American debut draws inspiration from classic westerns to tell a tale of vengeance and redemption set against the sweeping grandeur of the Australian frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the summer of 1874. Launceston, a colonial outpost on the island of Tasmania, hovers on the brink of anarchy as a volatile mix of revolutionaries, convicts, drunks, crooked coppers, and poor strugglers looking for a break threatens to boil over. The outlaw Thomas Toosey races into this dangerous bedlam to rescue his motherless twelve-year-old son, pursued all the while by a vengeful Irishman named Fitheal Flynn to whom he owes an unpayable debt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly told in galloping, lyrical prose, based on real-life events, and infused with gothic tones reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy and William Faulkner, \u003cem\u003eTo Name Those Lost\u003c\/em\u003e tells a story of fatherly devotion and the search for moral bearings in a world that has none.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers who admired the propulsive plotting, atmospheric sense of place, and fierce family loyalty in Patrick DeWitt's The Sisters Brothers and Cormac McCarthy's The Road should be equally taken with Wilson's superb novel.\"-\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fast-paced, hard-nosed fable about revenge, pursuit, and the search for a moral compass in a place where chaos and rage and injustice set every dial wildly aquiver.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRohan Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e was named as one of the \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young Novelists in 2012. His debut novel, The Roving Party, won the 2011 \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\/Vogel Literary Award as well as the Margaret Scott Prize, Tasmanian Literary Awards in 2013 and NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2012. \u003ci\u003eTo Name Those Lost \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the Adelaide Festival Award for Best Novel. He lives in Tasmania.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614462218514,"sku":"9781609453497","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d35d2a1f-05e7-431c-959d-4b09880e5722.jpg?v=1732445383","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/to-name-those-lost-9781609453497","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}