{"product_id":"missing-tom-patterson-9781761066764","title":"Missing: He Was Brilliant and Troubled and for Thirty-Five Years He Lived Alone in the Wild . . . Then There Was Silence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written and affecting, this is the true story of a young man caught in a world he can't control and how he finds a way to survive\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHey mate, Pete and Steve have been talking to some people who live around the national park where Mark lives . . . nobody has seen him for months . . . We're about to head into the gorge . . . I'll let you know what we find . . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1972 Mark May is eighteen. He is bright, beautiful and has a scholarship to study law. Ten years later he descends alone into remote gorge country in north-western New South Wales. He lives in rough camps and stays for thirty-five years. Then, on a feeling, his brothers go looking for him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMissing\u003c\/i\u003e is a true story of immense emotional force. It tells of a broken life and a ruptured family but is also a spare and eloquent story of survival that carries a deep humanity. It announces a significant new talent in Australia writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'This compelling, moving tale is unlike anything I have ever read. Intimate and vivid, Tom Patterson has found beauty and meaning amid the sorrow.' - Malcolm Knox \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'An inside look into an outsider's world, tenderly and beautifully told.' - Greg Bearup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Patterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1761066765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781761066764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Tom Patterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097065791743,"sku":"9781761066764","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/missing-tom-patterson-9781761066764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}