{"product_id":"paradise-estate-by-max-easton","title":"'Paradise Estate' by Max Easton","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet around a Sydney share house and the loose cultural world orbiting it, \u003cem\u003eParadise Estate\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about artists, writers, musicians, scenes and friendships. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEaston is interested in the little ecosystems people build around themselves: house shows, editorial committees, political commitments, grudges, borrowed aesthetics, mutual projects, half-serious utopianism. There’s a strong subcultural intelligence to it. Punk, DIY organising, online discourse, small magazines and contemporary art aren’t used as backdrop so much as social machinery: the novel watches what happens when people who think of themselves as politically or culturally alert still behave badly, become territorial, plagiarise, posture, compromise and occasionally manage genuine solidarity. It’s funny in a dry, unpleasantly recognisable way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very contemporary Australian social novel, especially good on the distance between the language people use to describe their values and the muddier business of actually living them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition \u0026amp; condition: Giramondo, 2023. First edition. Paperback. Very light shelf wear; clean and unmarked. Near fine condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46064402792531,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-08-29T132833.369.png?v=1787974157","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/paradise-estate-by-max-easton","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}