{"product_id":"9781922231666","title":"The Family Men","description":"When you're born into a dynasty of champions, any sin will be forgiven so long as you maintain the winning streak. But what if that's not the life you want? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Harry's success as a footballer is predestined, the territory that comes with a superstar father, and all the Club asks in return is loyalty and the occasional code of silence. But when his home-town media scrum dredges up an old scandal of his father's, and Harry becomes embroiled in one of his own, he starts to question the reality behind the glittering facade of the trophies he wins and the pretty young things who mob him. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With piercing insight, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Men\u003c\/i\u003e subverts the usual choices between winning and losing, guilt and innocence, courage and cowardice. Is true honour to be found in forging your own path or staying loyal to your pack? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eThe Family Men\u003c\/i\u003e is an intense distillation of the darkness that falls after the Friday and Saturday night lights have been turned out. This novel is shocking because it is so believable. Sometimes you hear football insiders mutter about a scandal in the game, 'It's worse than you think.' Catherine Harris has cut right through to that shadowy truth, and come back with horror, yes, but also a sign of hope.’ —Malcolm Knox \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eThe Family Men\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds like a slow-motion car crash… [It] is a nuanced indictment of a sporting culture that forgives appalling behavior in our heroes, and it is as ‘true’ as the best journalism.’ —\u003ci\u003eBookseller + Publisher\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Regardless of your interest in sport, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Men\u003c\/i\u003e is a starkly brilliant and uniquely Australian novel that stays with you long after reading.’ —\u003ci\u003eReadings Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Sex, alcohol and the AFL. The three often come together in an unholy trinity and Catherine Harris’ novel explores such a combination to devastating effect.’ —\u003ci\u003ethe Age\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Revealing spotlight on football’s dark side … \u003ci\u003eThe Family Men\u003c\/i\u003e [is] compelling and provocative reading.’ —\u003ci\u003eHerald Sun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Compelling and provocative’ —\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Slick, brutal and evasive where it needs to be. The novel builds like a slow striptease.’ —\u003ci\u003eSpectrum\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Catherine Harris’ timely novel on football culture after dark [kept me up late] – and you don’t even have to like footy to read it.’ —Books of the Year, the \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A compelling look at the intersection between the media and sporting celebrity in Australia.’ —Wheeler Centre, Best Books of 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Catherine Harris’s short story collection, \u003ci\u003eLike Being A Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the 2011 Age Fiction Prize, the 2011 Barbara Jefferis award and as a manuscript for the 2009 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. She won the 2009 Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize and was shortlisted for the 2013 Fish International Short Story Prize and the 2013 Bridport Prize. She lives in Melbourne.","brand":"Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167021777136,"sku":"9781922231666","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781922231666_p0.jpg?v=1763634015","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781922231666","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}