{"product_id":"goldfish-henry-wells-9781764103817","title":"Goldfish: An Australian Crime Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Goldfish is tough as hell'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Hobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1989.\u003cbr\u003eAt a rundown service station outside Brisbane Frank Corridini has a dead man at his feet and a drugged three-year-old girl in the back of a '74 Corolla.\u003cbr\u003eAll he wants is redemption. What he's got is the past.\u003cbr\u003eHenry Wells's surreal and violent novella is a drunk's prayer in an abattoir. It burns through a hundred pages and ends on a lonely bridge in a remote corner of Southeast Queensland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a fever dream of a book... Southern Gothic just got fair dinkum in the Sunshine State. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Henry Wells faces human beings, in all their violent, messed up glory, without flinching. It's Australian crime writing at its very best.' \u003cb\u003eBen Hobson, author of \u003ci\u003eSnake Island\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of John Lacey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'[Henry Wells] writes like an experienced barroom knife fighter... This is crime fiction stripped of romance, just people at the edge, hoping one last act might mean something. ' \u003cb\u003eMichael W. Corcoran, author of \u003ci\u003eEddie the KIng: Stories of LA's Skid Row\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Wells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764103815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764103817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rough Places Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Henry Wells","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170815615231,"sku":"9781764103817","price":10.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/goldfish-henry-wells-9781764103817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}