{"product_id":"in-moonland-by-miles-allinson","title":"'In Moonland' by Miles Allinson","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-11\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-11\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-11\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-60\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"5b5d0283-393d-4600-8e82-7b949c2b943f\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"1119\"\u003eMiles Allinson’s \u003cem data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"543\"\u003eIn Moonland\u003c\/em\u003e moves across three generations, beginning in contemporary Melbourne with a man trying to understand his father’s apparent suicide. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"1119\"\u003eFrom there, the novel slips backward to 1970s India, where another man is drawn into the orbit of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s ashram, chasing transcendence and finding something much darker inside himself. It then reaches forward into a near future shaped by ecological collapse, where a woman travels through a damaged landscape toward an estranged father and a decision that cannot be made cleanly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1468\"\u003eThis is a novel about fathers, children, inherited damage, failed utopias, spiritual vanity, and the afterlife of people’s attempts to become free. Allinson is good on the particular Australian sadness of men who mistake disappearance for depth, and on the way family history becomes hard to locate, impossible not to live inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1470\" data-end=\"1830\"\u003eFormally, it sits somewhere between family novel, cult novel, speculative future, and metaphysical grief study. Very good for readers who like Australian literary fiction with a bit of dread under the floorboards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"2238\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1869\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e First Scribe paperback edition, published 2021. Paperback, with some light shelf and handling wear visible to the cover and edges; internally clean and very readable. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44657817256019,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-26T110804.732.png?v=1779757744","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/in-moonland-by-miles-allinson","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}