{"product_id":"9781742623870","title":"Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MOTION PICTURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA true story of death, grief and the law\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Garner's book is a writer's profound response to a tragedy and to questions about human responsibility over time as well as at precise moments\" \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 1997 a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests-most of them university students-had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died one Sunday, in his own bed, of a massive dose of rohypnol and heroin. His girlfriend and her best friend were charged with murder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen Garner followed the trials in the ACT Supreme Court. Compassionate but unflinching, this is a book about how and why Joe Cinque died. It probes the gap between ethics and the law; examines the helplessness of the courts in the face of what we think of as 'evil'; and explores conscience, culpability, and the battered ideal of duty of care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a masterwork from one of Australia's greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best True Crime 2005\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the ABIA Book of the Year 2004\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149996638448,"sku":"9781742623870","price":15.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781742623870_p0.jpg?v=1763703583","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781742623870","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}