{"product_id":"chasing-novak-fishing-daniel-jenkins-9780228892137","title":"Chasing Novak Fishing","description":"\u003cp\u003eSergei and Novak Karamazov are brothers who, following their father's suicide in 1988, emigrate from the USSR to Brisbane, to live with their Uncle Rog - gambler, weed-farmer, sole-shareholder of the Business of Death. Struggling to recover from the loss of his father, twelve-year-old Novak runs away, leaving their house burned to the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the next decade, Sergei and Rog traverse Australia on the trail of Novak, from the pubs and racetracks of Sydney to the anarcho-vegan share-houses of Melbourne. On the way they are joined by Rags - Aboriginal, on parole, expert fisherman. Tracing the crevices of the Murray-Darling Basin, they arrive at an outback vineyard deep in the Pilbara. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Novak (under the guise of Jacky Siberia) wakes up in a guesthouse in Saigon. Plagued by strange dreams and memories, recovering from a stab wound, and addicted to heroin, he gambles his life, and that of his only friend - the Welshman - on one final cockfight. His rooster loses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChasing Novak Fishing is a literary road novel about suicide, post-colonial guilt, philosophy and fishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is funny, fast-paced, provocative, strange, and, like the colours on a marlin's dorsal fin, dazzlingly original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0228892139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780228892137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tellwell Talent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d","brand":"Daniel Jenkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790214492415,"sku":"9780228892137","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36fa9f0d-7b63-4a69-b41e-75803a8f5d88.jpg?v=1707288284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chasing-novak-fishing-daniel-jenkins-9780228892137","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}