{"product_id":"julian-corkle-is-a-filthy-liar","title":"Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar","description":"\u003cp\u003eJulian Corkle's got small-screenability. His mother tells him he'll be a star one day. 'Twinkle, twinkle,' she says, giving his hair a ruffle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot everyone shares Julian's dreams of stardom. Television is too much like hairdressing for his father's tastes. A Tasmanian man wants a son for sporting purposes. 'Boys don't like dolls,' he tells Julian, 'They like Dinky Toys.' Not this boy, thinks Julian, who knows better than to tell the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides, the family already has a sporting hero, Julian's sister Carmel aka 'The Locomotive'. Julian likes his sister, but knows better than to tangle with her bowling arm. It's the same one she uses for punching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulian Corkle is a Filthy Liar is the ultimate feel-good novel, a book that will have the reader laughing out loud on the back of a bus as it follows Julian's bumpy journey through adolescence, fibbing his way through school and a series of dead-end jobs, to find his ultimate calling as creator of ‘The Hog.’ It's as if Crocodile Dundee has crashed Muriel's wedding and run off into the desert with Priscilla.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52918947217725,"sku":"9780007332168","price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3135\/9805\/files\/9780007332168.jpg?v=1787520313","url":"https:\/\/bookclub.org.nz\/products\/julian-corkle-is-a-filthy-liar","provider":"Book Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}