{"product_id":"highway-thirteen-stories-9780374606268","title":"Highway Thirteen: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in the lives of everyday people. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged for a series of brutal murders. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims' families, but its impact travels even further: into the past, as the murders rewrite personal histories, and into the future, as true crime podcasts and biopics tell the story of the crimes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHighway Thirteen\u003c\/i\u003e, Fiona McFarlane's newest collection, takes murder as its starting point, but it unfolds to encompass much more: through the investigation of the aftermath of this violence across time and place, from the killer's childhood town to Texas, Rome, and tropical northern Australia, McFarlane presents an oblique, entrancing exploration of the way stories are told and spread, and at what cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat damages, big and small, do these crimes incur? How do communities make sense of such atrocities? How does the mourning of families sit alongside the public fascination with terrible crimes? And can we tell true crime stories without centering the killers? From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Walks Down \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe High Places\u003c\/i\u003e comes a captivating account of loss and its extended echoes in individual lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374606268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fiona McFarlane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315128103093,"sku":"9780374606268","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_af1e5f86-3284-497b-aae8-4fcb377359c0.jpg?v=1718720331","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/highway-thirteen-stories-9780374606268","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}