{"product_id":"poof-j-m-tolcher-9781763681309","title":"Poof","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart provocateur, part seducer, this young gay man's account of life offers one of the freshest takes on Australia and the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonouring poets of the past - Jean Genet, Veronica Franco, Euripides, Hunter S. Thompson, Oscar Wilde - and joining in their task of finding meaning in existence and the modern world, Tolcher has produced a brazenly honest debut without precedent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough his writing he subverts his own shame, weaponises it, and positions himself as an anti-hero of our time right when we need him the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing his humble beginnings as an outcast in the dreary outer suburbs of Brisbane and escalating into a Dionysian, poetic and pornographic international climax, \u003cem\u003ePoof \u003c\/em\u003efollows Tolcher's search for love and purpose as he is drawn to the beds of powerful, sadistic men. If he can endure just a little longer, a little more... will they love him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age of victimhood, Tolcher offers us a roadmap to empowerment and integrity as he pulls back the curtain on both our pride and our shame, and shines a spotlight on a hidden history that has been erased time and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. M. Tolcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1763681300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781763681309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e James Tolcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"J. M. Tolcher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46136265998591,"sku":"9781763681309","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_468dc0cf-ca21-4059-8a4f-5e99ff0bea3d.jpg?v=1726416170","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poof-j-m-tolcher-9781763681309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}