{"product_id":"excitable-boy-by-dominic-gordon-9780645874556","title":"Excitable Boy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wild ride through a disaffected youth by a gifted writer. Dominic Gordon explores his memories in tight prose bursting with insight, audacious ideas, and dark humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens to the adolescent spirit when all vestiges of innocence about the world are foregone, replaced within the grinding sounds of concrete and metal of the CBD of Melbourne? A place where train tunnels become nesting sites, car park stairwells spots to refuel on methamphetamine and hide from predators; where agility leads you across nightclub rooftops, yielding cash in tight spaces with a quick reflex. For a rest, why not ride on the back of a train as it speeds through the night? The dangers of a decades-long exploration of risk in the streets of his city is exhilarating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these original essays, Dominic Gordon explores his memories in tight prose bursting with insight, audacious ideas, and dark humour. \u003cem\u003eExcitable Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is an immersive experience of what it was like growing up in and around criminal-class and working-class culture in the inner city of Melbourne at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'In these essays, Gordon pokes the bruise that society leaves on those who push back. Shining a light on characters who reliably fall between the cracks, he dares you to flinch.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Jenny Valentish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Nightclub fights, graffiti odysseys. The lube-stink of low rent sex clubs, lust for life told with humour and style. Great, great writing. An instant classic.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Guy Rundle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342606881004,"sku":"9780645874556","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26191133482417.jpg?v=1743924255","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/excitable-boy-by-dominic-gordon-9780645874556","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}