Overview
Gritty and unsettling, this noir crime novel is based on Perth's thriving Neo-Nazi movement of the late 1980s. The first book in the Lee Southern series by award-winning author David Whish-Wilson. Western Australia, 1988. After betraying the Knights bikie gang, 17-year-old Lee Southern flees to the city with nothing left to lose. Working as a rogue tow truck driver in Perth, he is captured by right-wing extremists whose combination of seduction and blackmail keeps him on the wrong side of the law and under their control. As the true nature of what is driving his captors unfolds, Lee becomes an unwilling participant in a breathtakingly ambitious plot - and a cold-blooded crime that will show just how much he, and everyone else, still has to lose.
Full Product Details
Author: David Whish-Wilson
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Imprint: Fremantle Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.332kg
ISBN: 9781925815702
ISBN 10: 1925815706
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 05 November 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
'But for all of Whish-Wilson's skill with impactful action and white-knuckle suspense, True West ultimately reveals itself as a complex morality tale about the tenacious spread of prejudice.' Books+Publishing 'Whish-Wilson's Western Australia is alive, its heart beating, its outback a swirl of dust and history, roads like scars, the scent of its plants as strong as the ocean's salty brine. Lee is a hell of a character ... This is compelling, thrilling, and still feels like it could be played out today in the white nationalist fringes of Australian politics.' Readings '[David Whish-Wilson's] story of a hardened boy with a good heart facing violence and danger at every turn is among other things a clear-eyed look at the genesis and the effects of toxic masculinity at its most extreme.' Saturday Age 'True West is an intelligent and gutsy historical crime novel, and a thoroughly addictive read.' Weekend West 'David Whish-Wilson's True West is quality fiction made from materials that in other hands would remain pulp sensationalism.' Weekend Australian 'This dark, visceral narrative is a smorgasbord of political drama, action and suspense for readers who enjoy smart crime novels based on historical fact.' @]book.clubber_by_e.brodie Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction (Shortlisted 2020)
Author Information
David Whish-Wilson was born in Newcastle, NSW, but grew up in Singapore, Victoria and Western Australia. He left Australia aged 18 to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia. David now lives in Fremantle and coordinates the creative writing program at Curtin University.
