{"product_id":"no-more-boats-by-felicity-castagna","title":"'No More Boats' by Felicity Castagna","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"599\"\u003eThe title gestures toward the politics of border control, but the novel’s focus is more about how fear and grievance calcify within ordinary lives.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"599\"\u003ePublished in 2017, \u003cem data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"175\"\u003eNo More Boats\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharply observed novel set in contemporary Western Sydney. Through the figure of Antonio Martone — an Italian migrant who arrived as a child — Castagna examines generational tension, migrant aspiration, and the rhetoric of belonging in modern Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"599\"\u003eThe book sits within a strand of recent Australian fiction concerned with migration, class mobility, and cultural inheritance, it is a thoughtful, discussion-worthy novel that resonates locally. However, the themes are relevant regardless of where you call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"599\"\u003eIronic really too, how it won the Prime Minister's Literary award, take that as you will.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156993830995,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-02-28T150016.089.png?v=1772251232","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/no-more-boats-by-felicity-castagna","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}