Description - True West by David Whish-Wilson
A fast-paced and unsettling action thriller inspired by historical fact and described by the Weekend West as intelligent, gusty and thoroughly addictive.
Western Australia, 1988. After betraying the Knights bikie gang, 17-year-old Lee Southern flees to the city with nothing left to lose. Working as a rogue tow truck driver in Perth, he is captured by right-wing extremists whose combination of seduction and blackmail keeps him on the wrong side of the law and under their control.
As the true nature of what is driving his captors unfolds, Lee becomes an unwilling participant in a breathtakingly ambitious plot - and a cold-blooded crime that will show just how much he, and everyone else, still has to lose.
A noir crime novel, True West is full of white-knuckle suspense perfect for readers who like thrilling, gritty fiction.
'But for all of Whish-Wilson's skill with impactful action and white-knuckle suspense, True West ultimately reveals itself as a complex morality tale about the tenacious spread of prejudice.' Books+Publishing
'Whish-Wilson's Western Australia is alive, its heart beating, its outback a swirl of dust and history, roads like scars, the scent of its plants as strong as the ocean's salty brine. Lee is a hell of a character ... This is compelling, thrilling, and still feels like it could be played out today in the white nationalist fringes of Australian politics.' Readings
' David Whish-Wilson's story of a hardened boy with a good heart facing violence and danger at every turn is among other things a clear-eyed look at the genesis and the effects of toxic masculinity at its most extreme.' Saturday Age
'True West is an intelligent and gutsy historical crime novel, and a thoroughly addictive read.' Weekend West
'David Whish-Wilson's True West is quality fiction made from materials that in other hands would remain pulp sensationalism.' Weekend Australian
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