{"product_id":"troppo-black-magic-big-waves-and-mad-aussie-expats-paperback","title":"Troppo: Black magic, big waves and mad Aussie expats - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMadelaine Dickie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndonesia, November 2004. After the Bali and Denpasar bombings, just before the Boxing Day tsunami. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenny is drifting, partying, hanging out - a thousand miles away from claustrophobic Perth and her career-minded boyfriend. But things take a dangerous turn when she goes to work at Shane's Sumatran Oasis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught up in the hostility directed at Shane, and flirting and surfing with the hell-man Matt, Penny soon finds herself swept into a world where two very different cultures must collide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadelaine Dickie\u003c\/b\u003e has done all sorts of work to fuel a compulsion to write and an obsession with surfing. Madelaine's writing has appeared in numerous publications including \u003ci\u003eGriffithREVIEW \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), the American journal \u003ci\u003eCreative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eHecate \u003c\/i\u003e(2010). In 2011, she received a Prime Minister's Australia Asia Endeavour Award to move to West Java, Indonesia, and complete her first novel \u003ci\u003eTroppo\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2014, \u003ci\u003eTroppo \u003c\/i\u003ewon the City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015903854731,"sku":"9781925163803","price":34.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/VUXwO74sgr9781925163803.webp?v=1779144622","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/troppo-black-magic-big-waves-and-mad-aussie-expats-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}