{"product_id":"sun-walks-down-2","title":"Sun Walks Down By Mcfarlane, Fiona","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A blazing mystery . . . tremendous'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Moving and masterful'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Masterful storytelling'' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brilliant, fresh and compulsively readable. It is marvellous'' Ann Patchett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Remarkable'' \u003ci\u003eHarper''s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA MASTERFUL NOVEL BY THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE NIGHT GUEST \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eTHE HIGH PLACES\u003c\/i\u003e, AN EPIC TALE OF UNSETTLEMENT, HISTORY, MYTH, LOVE AND ART.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As they scour the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, landowners, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen - confront their relationships with each other and with the ancient landscape they inhabit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe colonial Australia of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Walks Down\u003c\/i\u003e is unfamiliar, multicultural, and noisy with opinions, arguments, longings and terrors. It''s haunted by many gods - the sun among them, rising and falling on each day in which Denny could be found, or lost forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''McFarlane''s treatment of the dust storm has a simple Steinbeckian majesty . . . Her prose is full of detail, comparable to Claire Keegan''s keen-eyed novellas, \u003ci\u003eFoster \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSmall Things Like These'' Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A thrilling success . . . full of mystery and wonder'' \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fiona McFarlane''s last book was scintillating. \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Walks Down\u003c\/i\u003e is even better'' Sarah Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gorgeous storytelling and superb characters . . . magnificent'' Michelle de Kretser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I can''t think of another writer working today who I admire more''  Kevin Powers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57821254746494,"sku":"NW9781529389838","price":13.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529389838.jpg?v=1794390621","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/sun-walks-down-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}