{"product_id":"the-deal-paperback-1","title":"The Deal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful and perceptive novel from two-time Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Miller has created a body of writing that is now acknowledged as one of the great Australian literary achievements of the past half-century.' - Morag Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's 1975, and at the threshold of his writing career Andy McPherson is navigating how to be fully present both for his partner, Jo, and their young daughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When forced to take a part-time teaching job Andy meets Lang Tzu, a charismatic and intriguing man. Andy is drawn deeper into a dangerous relationship when Lang asks him to prove his friendship by brokering a risky deal for a much-desired piece of art. Andy finally consents despite Jo's opposition. In the process, Andy is in fact negotiating his own deal with himself as an artist and is compelled to face up to the conflict between his conception of art as a creative gift and the realities of the art market. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Powerful and perceptive, Miller's profound and intimate depiction of Jo and her partnership with Andy, and his poignant portrait of Lang's troubled genius, form the beating heart of this beautiful novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Miller \u003c\/b\u003eis the award-winning author of 14 novels and a collection of essays and stories. He is published internationally and widely in translation. Miller is twice winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, for \u003ci\u003eThe Ancestor Game\u003c\/i\u003e and for \u003ci\u003eJourney to the Stone Country\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an overall winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1993 for \u003ci\u003eThe Ancestor Game\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eConditions of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLovesong\u003c\/i\u003e are both winners of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. \u003ci\u003eLandscape of Farewell\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Manning Clark Medal for Miller's outstanding contribution to Australian cultural life and the Chinese Best Foreign Novel Award, 2008. \u003ci\u003eAutumn Laing\u003c\/i\u003e received the Melbourne Prize for Literature, and \u003ci\u003eCoal Creek \u003c\/i\u003ethe Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Miller's first work of non-fiction, \u003ci\u003eMax\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the National Biography Award in 2021. \u003ci\u003eA Kind of Confession\u003c\/i\u003e, his collected letters and diaries, was published in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.21 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48422286524665,"sku":"9781761471575","price":28.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Cl2QUGIBqu9781761471575.webp?v=1779263688","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-deal-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}