{"product_id":"poof-hardcover","title":"Poof - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. M. Tolcher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752456356128,"sku":"9781763681309","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bfe56a1d410d36c90daf9b799e594768.webp?v=1779996402","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poof-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}