{"product_id":"pretty-boy-red","title":"Pretty Boy Red","description":"\u003cp data-w-id=\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\" data-wf-id='[\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChild prisoner Joel Brady is facing trial for murder. If he can survive that long...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\" data-wf-id='[\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Vivid, complex, hard-hitting and compelling’ Ray Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\" data-wf-id='[\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\" data-wf-id='[\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the juvenile wing of a prison in Western Australia, fourteen-year-old Joel Brady – small, girly-voiced, nicknamed ‘Psycho’ – is awaiting trial for his role as sidekick to child abductor Marcus Welby.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\" data-wf-id='[\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoel still isn’t sure what he did that last day at Welby’s outback house of horror; his memory has blotted it out. Is his mind playing tricks in other respects too? Did he really see the malevolent Quentin, another of Welby’s associates, in the adult wing of the prison? Or is Quentin a figment of his imagination, as Joel’s lawyers insist?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\" data-wf-id='[\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" aria-label=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA more immediate priority is hiding from the rampaging cons who have escaped the adult wing, one of whom wants Joel’s head. Will his cellmate Glenn, an arch-enemy who has become his first real friend, stay loyal?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\" data-wf-id='[\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4de\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" aria-label=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in an ultra-violent, alpha-male world where human connection is a double-edged sword, and interwoven with a gripping courtroom drama in which the truth about Welby’s chilling set-up gradually emerges, this powerful literary thriller marks the debut of a remarkable talent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4e4\" data-wf-id='[\"ae2a85e8-e454-56cf-ddd1-e2923b62e4e4\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Vivid, complex, hard-hitting and compelling, with a protagonist who is endearing but also full of ambiguity. The violence is visceral and the potential for violence is never far away. Reading \u003ci\u003ePretty Boy Red\u003c\/i\u003e is like walking on thin ice’ \u003cstrong\u003eRay Robinson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Mating Habits of Stags\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘The plot is a real page-turner, but with prose so unbelievably good that I didn’t want to rush. It’s by turns powerful and unsettling, harrowing and tender. The control and building of tension is masterly’ \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Easter Collins, author of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"b4co5l-kk3bdo-6uxf1m-lrvvom\" data-cel-widget=\"productTitle\"\u003eThings Don’t Break On Their Own\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-large celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"b4co5l-kk3bdo-6uxf1m-lrvvom\" data-cel-widget=\"productTitle\"\u003e‘Gripping and poignant, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-large celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"b4co5l-kk3bdo-6uxf1m-lrvvom\" data-cel-widget=\"productTitle\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePretty Boy Red\u003c\/em\u003e explores the shadings between victimhood and complicity as the young Joel grapples with prison life and his strange fragmented memories. A stunning, authentic and mature novel from a wonderfully talented writer’ \u003cstrong\u003eTessa Sheridan, winner of the Costa Short Story Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eHardback: 352pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Lightning (June 2026)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785634512\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56657241342336,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/9781785634512.jpg?v=1777454293","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/pretty-boy-red","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}