{"product_id":"the-drovers-wives","title":"The Drover’s Wives","description":"\u003cp data-w-id=\"225cfce5-248f-b046-fee7-64bdb0bb3004\" data-wf-id='[\"225cfce5-248f-b046-fee7-64bdb0bb3004\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-w-id=\"6b0927bd-a074-c8da-da5e-ab7e008e275f\" data-wf-id='[\"6b0927bd-a074-c8da-da5e-ab7e008e275f\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Strong\"\u003e101 reinterpretations of a classic Australian short story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"673e6f37-2da2-80c4-03a5-f0fdfc6377ef\" data-wf-id='[\"673e6f37-2da2-80c4-03a5-f0fdfc6377ef\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-w-id=\"e651aee1-dfc7-645c-d23a-a50bba31eb48\" data-wf-id='[\"e651aee1-dfc7-645c-d23a-a50bba31eb48\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Strong\"\u003e‘A work of virtuosic flippancy tempered by considerable intellect’ \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"e24c273f-7833-9038-cfb6-d59eb67b9fd2\" data-wf-id='[\"e24c273f-7833-9038-cfb6-d59eb67b9fd2\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-w-id=\"61446d55-15dc-bbdd-8ddf-2a08bccdefb1\" data-wf-id='[\"61446d55-15dc-bbdd-8ddf-2a08bccdefb1\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Strong\"\u003eSHORTLISTED: Queensland Literary Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"7e3d83f5-e244-f2d8-c6de-e8ff6c5717ca\" data-wf-id='[\"7e3d83f5-e244-f2d8-c6de-e8ff6c5717ca\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-w-id=\"7a8f1b76-69d8-51af-546c-41de1179b0c2\" data-wf-id='[\"7a8f1b76-69d8-51af-546c-41de1179b0c2\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Strong\"\u003eSHORTLISTED: Russell Prize for Humour Writing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"7e3d83f5-e244-f2d8-c6de-e8ff6c5717ca\" data-wf-id='[\"7e3d83f5-e244-f2d8-c6de-e8ff6c5717ca\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"36af9697-1247-dd1b-adbc-efa34f92cadf\" data-wf-id='[\"36af9697-1247-dd1b-adbc-efa34f92cadf\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003eHenry Lawson’s short story \u003cem data-w-id=\"d417a5bc-831b-31c3-0611-c6c22ae9e616\" data-wf-id='[\"d417a5bc-831b-31c3-0611-c6c22ae9e616\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-palette=\"Emphasized\"\u003eThe Drover’s Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is an Australian classic that has sparked interpretations on the page, on canvas and on the stage. But it has never been so thoroughly, or hilariously, re-imagined as by Ryan O’Neill, remixing and revising Lawson’s masterpiece in 101 different ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"8075eb2a-7348-1f06-0424-b95f16ef2418\" data-wf-id='[\"8075eb2a-7348-1f06-0424-b95f16ef2418\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003eThe variations include a pop song, a sporting commentary, a 1980s computer game, an insurance claim, a Hollywood movie adaptation, a cryptic crossword and even a selection of paint swatches printed on the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"8c0dd5e3-2463-0408-417b-e8b5fefb8646\" data-wf-id='[\"8c0dd5e3-2463-0408-417b-e8b5fefb8646\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003eInventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from the author of the award-winning \u003cem data-w-id=\"21df7d66-3e67-1978-24e6-270f2b6088fb\" data-wf-id='[\"21df7d66-3e67-1978-24e6-270f2b6088fb\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-palette=\"Emphasized\"\u003eTheir Brilliant Careers\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"8c0dd5e3-2463-0408-417b-e8b5fefb8646\" data-wf-id='[\"8c0dd5e3-2463-0408-417b-e8b5fefb8646\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"605f27fd-f87c-ea6a-4351-b2cd8af990a8\"]' data-w-id=\"605f27fd-f87c-ea6a-4351-b2cd8af990a8\"\u003e‘A work of virtuosic flippancy tempered by considerable intellect – great fun from start to finish’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTLS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"00c0f32d-c1da-52f4-d972-d4720aa04ebe\"]' data-w-id=\"00c0f32d-c1da-52f4-d972-d4720aa04ebe\"\u003e‘The book is imaginative, clever, experimental, adroit, self-reflexive and very funny. As you turn the pages, you wonder just what O'Neill will come up with next’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"82a617f3-a18b-6668-3150-dfec1d661a88\"]' data-w-id=\"82a617f3-a18b-6668-3150-dfec1d661a88\"\u003e‘Pitch perfect… hilarious… Fellow writers in particular will enjoy O’Neill’s gift for literary karaoke… This is a book that begs to be read aloud. The reinterpretations are short, between one and three pages, and every one is entertaining. 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