{"product_id":"funkytown","title":"Funkytown","description":"Paul Kennedy's \u003ci\u003eFunkytown \u003c\/i\u003eis the vivid true story of a year in the life of a teenager leaping into manhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1993: a serial killer is loose on the streets of Frankston, Victoria. The community is paralysed by fear and a state's police force and national media come to find a killer. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Paul Kennedy is searching for something else entirely. He is focused on finishing school, getting drafted into the AFL and falling in love. So much can change in a year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rites of passage for many Australian teenage boys - blackout drinking, simmering violence and emotional suppression - take their toll, and the year that starts with so much promise ends with Kennedy expelled, arrested and undrafted. But one teacher sees Kennedy self-destructing, and becomes determined to set him on another path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with poignancy, humour and evoking the brilliant, dusty haze of late Australian summer, \u003ci\u003eFunkytown \u003c\/i\u003eis a love letter to adolescence, football, family, and outer suburbia.","brand":"Affirm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45313326973166,"sku":"9781922419828","price":27.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781922419828.jpg?v=1716307525","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/funkytown","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}