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Golden Boys
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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With masterful nuance and vividly drawn characters, Sonya Hartnetts novel visits a suburban neighborhood where psychological menace lurks below the surface. Colt Jenson and his younger brother, Bastian, have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father, Rex, showers them with gifts toys, bikes, all that glitters most and makes them the envy of the neighborhood. To the local kids, the Jensons are a family out of a movie, and Rex a hero successful, attentive, attractive, always there to lend a hand. But to Colt he's an impossible figure: unbearable, suffocating. Has Colt got Rex wrong, or has he seen something in his father that will destroy their fragile new lives? This brilliant and unflinching new novel reveals internationally acclaimed author Sonya Hartnett at her most intriguing and psychologically complex.
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Jeg
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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Mehso-so

Really lost concentration with this book. I was liking it but as it went on it didn‘t keep me engaged. Almost gave up.
Still it‘s another one read from my overwhelming TBR shelf.
#2020joybooks
@MrsMalaprop

MrsMalaprop Oh I remember liking this one, but I love all her books. 4y
Jeg @MrsMalaprop I read your review after I‘d done mine. I have a feeling I‘ve tried this book before . Or maybe another one of hers. 4y
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Joanne1
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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A sinister foreboding filtered through every sentence of this tale of neighbourhood boys, the secrets hidden behind the walls of suburban houses and of how children pay for the sins of fathers.

MrsMalaprop Loved this one. #ozfiction 6y
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Joanne1
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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My first audiobook for a month or so and it‘s taken me a while to get into it but starting to hook me now.

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Jeg
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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Sunday op shop browsing . Both looked worth reading. My pile of TBR growing. 😊 @MrsMalaprop

MrsMalaprop Love both authors. Have read and enjoyed Golden Boys. 👍 6y
Rissreads Run is on my tbr shelf too! 6y
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LeahBergen
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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Congratulations on the milestone, @MrsMalaprop !

I would love to read the tagged book as the “psychological menace” blurb has me intrigued. And I think it was you who initially brought it to my attention (like so many other great Australian reads)!

#OzFictionGiveaway

MrsMalaprop Excellent @LeahBergen 😊. Great choice & thanks for entering. 7y
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MrsMalaprop
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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MrsMalaprop
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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#Feistyfeb Day 24 #Bildungsroman I ❤ Sonya Hartnett. She's an Australian writer of children's, YA and adult fiction. Golden Boys is her most recent novel for adults. Her style is accessible and evocative of place, with good characterization. She has a very straightforward, 'Australian' style of writing (if there is such a thing?). Much of her fiction is 'coming of age' including Of A Boy and Butterfly, both of which I also recommend. 😊#ozfiction

LeeRHarry Nice choice 😊 8y
Lauredhel Thanks for the other recs - I've only read Golden Boys. 8y
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TheWellAccompaniedBook
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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Current audiobook

quirkyreader This one looks good. I hope this book eventually makes it to the US. 8y
MrsMalaprop Great book. Love Sonya Hartlett. 8y
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BethFishReads
Golden Boys | Sonya Hartnett
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OMG. This getting so creepy and good. Can.not.stop listening. I have such a sense of forboding

BethFishReads Or foreboding. Sigh 9y
readingonarainyday This one sounds so good! 9y
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BethFishReads
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"With their father, there's always a catch: the truth is enough to make Colt take a step back. There's always some small cruelty, an unpleasant little hoop to be crawled through before what's good may begin." (My next listen)

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