{"product_id":"9781863956062","title":"Holiday in Cambodia","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeyond the killing fields and the temples of Angkor is Cambodia: a country with a genocidal past and a wide, open smile. A frontier land where anything is possible - at least for the tourists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHoliday in Cambodia\u003c\/em\u003e Laura Jean McKay explores the electric zone where local and foreign lives meet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree backpackers board a train, ignoring the danger signs - and find themselves in the hands of the Khmer Rouge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElderly sisters are visited by their vampire niece from Australia and set out to cure her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA singer creates a sensation in swinging 1969, on the eve of an American bombing campaign. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are bold and haunting stories by a remarkable new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Each of these stories is like catching a snippet of a conversation or looking into a lit window in a dark night, and loitering longer than you should to hear and see what characters inadvertently reveal about themselves. \u003cem\u003eHoliday in Cambodia\u003c\/em\u003e shows the ugly side of post-colonial tourism, as well as moments of great pathos and dignity, in a compelling and empathetic voice.’-Alice Pung\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Polished, Hemingwayesque snapshots, vivid and atmospheric’ - Steven Carroll\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author: \u003c\/strong\u003eLaura Jean McKay’s writing has been published in \u003cem\u003eThe Best Australian Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sleepers Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWomen of Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGoing Down Swinging \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Lifted Brow\u003c\/em\u003e. She has been shortlisted for national and international awards and in 2011 won the Alan Marshall Short Story Award. She lives in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033002623216,"sku":"9781863956062","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781863956062_p0.jpg?v=1763601294","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781863956062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}