{"title":"Ross Gibson","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoss Gibson's works explore the intersections of place, memory, and culture, inviting readers into vivid reflections on the Australian landscape and its stories. His writing blends poetic insight with a deep appreciation of arts and culture, offering thoughtful essays and narrative explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles such as \u003cem\u003eSeven Versions of an Australian Badland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStone Grown Cold\u003c\/em\u003e, Gibson's books appeal to those interested in education, cultural studies, and creative expressions rooted in the fabric of Australian identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"seven-versions-of-an-australian-badland-by-ross-gibson-9780702233494","title":"Seven Versions of an Australian Badland","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo travel this long, lonely road is to traverse a stretch of brutal history and to enter a gigantic crime scene. The landscape itself holds a million clues to a horror story blazing across two centuries. Winding through a haunted place that is forever frontier territory, this road is the scene of casual as well as callous murder, whether from the 1970s, the 1960s or the 1860s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNot for nothing is it known as the 'Horror Stretch'. In this compulsively readable new book, Ross Gibson drives right back along that dangerous stretch and finds himself deep in the Badland. Part road movie, part memoir, part murder mystery, \u003cem\u003eSeven Versions of an Australian Badland\u003c\/em\u003e embarks on an enthralling journey through time, into the realms of myth and magic, narcissism and genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355070255340,"sku":"9780702233494","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/28064713482437.jpg?v=1744296156"},{"product_id":"stone-grown-cold-by-ross-gibson-9780994259622","title":"Stone Grown Cold","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGibson's fragmentary style favours standalone single lines or short sentences to exemplify episodic thinking and the discontinuities of broken narrative. He engages cultures in scraps and shards in this savvy and unique collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere does it take place, \u003cem\u003eStone Grown Cold\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLet yourself think it's a town you know well. Some bits are real and help like the sun on your back. Other bits have been gathered from gossip, screens and scumbags. There's a good dose of sex in it and knucklehead glamour. It's such a town. For good and for bad. With dazzle all over it. Dumb-arse to match. More gorgeous than reasonable. With everything you want. And who gives a fuck? Not prepared to play or say nice. Not much shame about the wrong things. Except on the quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost citizens are nine-to-fivers. They're always bumping into folks who are not:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003esham company promoters; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ehollow share hawkers; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003emen loitering in yards; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003emendacious women importuning on telephones; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003epurveyors of poorly provenanced smallgoods; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ecovert-camera seducers and follow-up extortionists; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ehotel 'barbers'; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eboarding-school snow-droppers; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ehospital potion filchers; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003etheatre impresarios and fanciful futures conjurers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest accept it's a town knows you well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e- Ross Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455742918892,"sku":"9780994259622","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/618J9hbAhXL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774795299"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ross-gibson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}