{"product_id":"highway-13-b","title":"Highway 13 (B)","description":"\u003cp data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eA gripping, provocative work by one of our finest writers, the internationally acclaimed author Fiona McFarlane. In overlapping stories,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHighway 13\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in the lives of everyday people. A brilliant and illuminating account of loss and its extended echoes across an entire society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWINNER - 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER - 2025 NSW Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER - 2025 ALS Gold Medal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER - 2025 Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED - 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED - 2025 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED - 2025 Australian Book Industry Award for Literary Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED - 2025 Age Book of the Year Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED - 2025 Danger Award for Crime Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED - 2025 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED - 2025 Voss Literary Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHIGHLY COMMENDED - 2025 Davitt Award for Adult Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping, haunting work about the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in the lives of everyday people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged with a series of brutal murders of backpackers along a highway. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims' families, but its impact travels even further - into the past, as the murders rewrite personal histories, and into the future, as true crime podcasts and biopics tell the story of the crimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHighway 13\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes murder as its starting point, but it unfolds to encompass much more: through the investigation of the aftermath of this violence across time and place, from the killer's home town in country Australia to the tropical Far North, and to Texas and Rome, McFarlane presents an unforgettable, entrancing exploration of the way stories are told and spread, and at what cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sun Walks Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Night Guest\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecomes a captivating account of loss and fear, and their extended echoes in individual lives.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44409438961698,"sku":"9781761473777","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/Copy-of-Book-Template---2025-10-20T153902-124.jpg?v=1760927973","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/highway-13-b","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}