{"product_id":"9781415206805","title":"Karoo Dusk","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilly's dragon tattoo will attract strange looks in the Karoo town his family now calls home. It's difficult to blend in when your father's the new police colonel and your mother's strung out on pills and wine.\u003cbr\u003eBefore Billy meets Suzan, who makes him dream in a sideways world, the gangster Ou Joe's roadside brothel provides strange comfort to truckers and curious youths alike. Ou Joe plans to leave a legacy before staging his final showdown with the cancer growing in his belly.\u003cbr\u003eAfter a brutal night, the colonel sets Ou Joe's place in his sights and Billy must take a stand when good and evil are yet to pick sides.\u003cbr\u003eIn the style of a modern western, Johan Vlok Louw's novel is filled with youth, cars and guns. The book is an uppercut to the chin, its prose as evocative as the Karoo landscape of its setting.\u003cbr\u003eAUTHOR BIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of the novel Eric the Brave, Johan Vlok Louw was born in Cape Town. After National Service, he did a stint in banking and spent some time underground in the gold mines. He studied fine art and design, and has worked as salesman, manager, franchise owner, director and chairman. He lives in Gordon's Bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Johan+Vlok+Louw\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJohan Vlok Louw\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Johan Vlok Louw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375555920035,"sku":"9781415206805","price":200.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781415206805_23ff7575-d6f9-49f8-803d-15ebb83fe162.jpg?v=1776531218","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781415206805","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}