{"product_id":"the-grot-by-pat-grant-9781603094665","title":"The Grot","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Grot\u003c\/em\u003e: \"Anyone willing to get filthy can also get rich.\" In this dystopian swamp city, two brothers find that opportunity and exploitation lurk around every corner. But who's smarter — the hordes of people rushing to move in, or the equal horde desperate to leave?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePenn and Lipton Wise have set out to Falter City to make their fortune. It's the future, obviously, and things are pretty grim. The Australian landscape is traumatised. Plague is rampant. Machines only work as well as the poor sod pedalling them. Things are hotter and wetter than they used to be, giving the whole place the vibe of a sweaty armpit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLippy and Penn are hoping to set up shop in this grimy boom-town, but they've got to stay frosty, because it's teeming with hustlers, swindlers, and scoundrels. It's the sort of place where a lucky moron could make an outrageous fortune in an afternoon and lose it all before bedtime. The sort of place where two enterprising teenagers could really make something of themselves. Or so they say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his follow-up to the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eBlue\u003c\/em\u003e, Pat Grant confirms his reputation as \"the Australian Mark Twain\" (Craig Thompson, author of \u003cem\u003eBlankets\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHabibi\u003c\/em\u003e) with a page-turning graphic novel about economic inequality, desperation, and the gambler's addiction to hope even in the worst of times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599453077740,"sku":"9781603094665","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ef4bd3619145f20d0aead2eed5617ea8.jpg?v=1778037386","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-grot-by-pat-grant-9781603094665","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}