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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Golden Boys
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'Sonya Hartnett's third novel for adults is perfectly formed and utterly compelling, an unflinching and disquieting work from one of Australia's finest writers.

'Colt Jenson and his younger brother Bastian live in a world of shiny, new things – skateboards, slot cars, train sets and even the latest BMX. Their affluent father, Rex, has made sure that they'll be the envy of the new, working-class suburb they've moved to. But underneath the surface of the perfect family, is there something unsettling about the Jensons? To the local kids, Rex becomes a kind of hero, but Colt senses there's something in his father that could destroy their fragile new lives.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my own sisters and brothers.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2014 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 238p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27 August 2014.
      ISBN: 9781926428611, 1926428617
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2016 .
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      Extent: 256p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 4 January 2016.
      ISBN: 9780143572831
    • Somerville, Massachusetts,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Candlewick Press ,
      2016 .
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      Extent: 238p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 12 April 2016.
      ISBN: 9780763687007
Alternative title: Guldgossar
Language: Swedish
    • Umea,
      c
      Sweden,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Atrium ,
      2014 .
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      Extent: 286p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 14 September 2014
      ISBN: 9789186095659

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

The Heart Is Wicked Victoria Avery , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 29 no. 1 2015; (p. 230-231)

— Review of Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
Words : The Name of the Father Is Desperately Sick 2014 single work essay
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , September/October no. 24 2014; (p. 40-41)
[Review] Golden Boys Angus Dalton , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , December 2014; (p. 16)

— Review of Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
Well Read Katharine England , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 September 2014; (p. 27)

— Review of When the Night Comes Favel Parrett , 2014 single work novel ; Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
[Review] Golden Boys Robyn Annear , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 105 2014; (p. 80)

— Review of Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
[Review] Golden Boys Blair Mahoney , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 1 2014; (p. 22)

— Review of Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
Menace and Play Meet in the Troubles of Childhood Peter Pierce , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 August 2014; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
The Secrets Lurking in the Families That Play Together Dark Shadows Over Suburbia Linda Funnell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 September 2014; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 6 September 2014; (p. 21) The Age , 6 September 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
Hartnett Pushes Boundaries Amanda Ellis , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 August 2014; (p. 6-7)

— Review of Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
The Removalist Blanche Clark , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 September 2014; (p. 11)

— Review of Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
'How she made a tree change, writing a new adult novel and living with no regrets...'
Sonya Hartnett's Pursuit of Happiness Jan McGuinness , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 18 October 2014;
Words : The Name of the Father Is Desperately Sick 2014 single work essay
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , September/October no. 24 2014; (p. 40-41)
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