{"product_id":"juice","title":"Juice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as you've never read him before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA masterful story for the ages . . . a book to hold close in the whip of hot wind, to commiserate with, to sing with. To read and weep.\u003c\/em\u003e — TARA JUNE WINCH, THE GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e, Winton has said, means \"human resilience and moral courage\", and there is that in spades in this complex, riveting book already being hailed as a masterpiece. — SYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA hold-your-breath adventure set in an utterly plausible, sun-hammered future, \u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e will stab your conscience and break your heart. — EMMA DONOGHUE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA searing but essential look at Earth after the human-induced apocalypse. Too real to be true. Too true to be real. — BOB BROWN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExciting . . . ambitious . . . \u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e breaks new ground to face the climate emergency. — THE CONVERSATION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery machine-tooled sentence is its own reward . . . the sheer length of the novel becomes its greatest pleasure. Winton drives \u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e towards its conclusion with a narrative force that feels almost cyclonic. — GEORDIE WILLIAMSON, THE AUSTRALIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA must-read masterpiece from one of Australia's most celebrated writers. — STEPHEN ROMEI, SATURDAY PAPER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlistering . . . propulsive, addictive. — JOE RUBBO, READINGS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFull of surprises and stunning originality. — SIMON SMART, ABC ONLINE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElectrifying, sobering, grimly compelling . . . \u003cem\u003eJuice\u003c\/em\u003e is an act of hope, a belief in persuasion, in the power of stories. — JULIA BAIRD, ABC ONLINE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo fugitives, a man and a child, drive all night across a stony desert. As dawn breaks, they roll into an abandoned mine site. From the vehicle they survey a forsaken place - middens of twisted iron, rusty wire, piles of sun-baked trash. They're exhausted, traumatised, desperate now. But as a refuge, this is the most promising place they've seen. The child peers at the field of desolation. The man thinks to himself, this could work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProblem is, they're not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins a searing, propulsive journey through a life whose central challenge is not simply a matter of survival, but of how to maintain human decency as everyone around you falls ever further into barbarism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45692129444076,"sku":"9781761344893","price":43.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761344893.jpg?v=1725553055","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/juice","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}