NOCK LOOSE: Patrick Marlborough & Evelyn Araluen in conversation

Join Evelyn Araluen and Patrick Marlborough in conversation at Readings (State Library) as they discuss Patrick's debut novel NOCK LOOSE, and why Patrick is "like that."

“Marlborough has written a novel that, to my mind, marks the advent of an Australian counterpart to the works of Thomas Pynchon" -- Australian Book Review

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Joy is a gifted archer, a retired Olympian and a former stuntwoman on a cult Japanese tokusatsu show. Raised by a feckless grifter, her home is Bodkins Point. For 150 years, this small town has hosted an annual ultra-violent medieval festival called ‘Agincourt’.

During the festival, Bodkins Point transforms – assuming a parallel identity that plays tug-of-war with the way its townsfolk live for the rest of the year.

In the aftermath of a terrible fire, Joy’s past and the town’s dark history are set on a collision course as she takes the furious road to revenge.

In this screwball comedy revenge thriller, Game of Thrones meets Wake in Fright meets K*ll Bill meets The Simpsons— Nock Loose is like nothing else in OzLit.

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