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'''''Golden Boys''''' (2014) is a novel by [[Australia]]n author [[Sonya Hartnett]]. It has been shortlisted for the 2015 [[Miles Franklin Award]].
'''''Golden Boys''''' (2014) is a novel by [[Australia]]n author [[Sonya Hartnett]].<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Golden Boys'' by Sonya Hartnett|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7288721|access-date= 26 May 2024}}</ref>


==Plot summary==
== Themes ==


''Golden Boys'' is a novel of lost childhood innocence, and the loss of societal patterns of behaviour that allowed young children to roam the streets in the late 70s and early 80s. The novel tells the story of two twelve-year-olds, Colt Jenson and Freya Kiley, who are moving out of childhood as they realise that their families have dark secrets.
''Golden Boys'' is a novel of lost childhood innocence, and the loss of societal patterns of behaviour that allowed young children to roam the streets in the late 70s and early 80s. The novel tells the story of two twelve-year-olds, Colt Jenson and Freya Kiley, who are moving out of childhood as they realise that their families have dark secrets.

==Notes==

* Dedication: For my own sisters and brothers.


==Reviews==
==Reviews==


Linda Funnell in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' found the novel considers many "sombre themes" but is "saturated in a suburban landscape of decades past, where boys ride bicycles through silent streets, play pinball machines at the local milk bar, and hang out in the mouth of the huge stormwater drain beside a patch of waste ground, untroubled by mobile phones or the internet."<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/sonya-harnetts-golden-boys-is-a-tale-of-darkness-in-summer-20140830-10a62b.html "Sonya Harnett's Golden Boys is a tale of darkness in summer", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 5 September 2014]</ref> Victoria Flanagan in ''Sydney Review of Books'' noted that the author "has a talent for writing about difficult or contentious subjects in innovative and sensitive ways".<ref>[http://www.sydneyreviewofbooks.com/golden-boys-sonya-hartnett/ "Not for Children", ''Sydney Review of Books'', 10 October 2014]</ref>
Linda Funnell in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' found the novel considers many "sombre themes" but is "saturated in a suburban landscape of decades past, where boys ride bicycles through silent streets, play pinball machines at the local milk bar, and hang out in the mouth of the huge stormwater drain beside a patch of waste ground, untroubled by mobile phones or the internet."<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/sonya-harnetts-golden-boys-is-a-tale-of-darkness-in-summer-20140830-10a62b.html "Sonya Harnett's Golden Boys is a tale of darkness in summer", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 5 September 2014]</ref>
Victoria Flanagan in ''[[Sydney Review of Books]]'' noted that the author "has a talent for writing about difficult or contentious subjects in innovative and sensitive ways".<ref>[http://www.sydneyreviewofbooks.com/golden-boys-sonya-hartnett/ "Not for Children", ''Sydney Review of Books'', 10 October 2014]</ref>


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==


* 2015 shortlisted [[Miles Franklin Award]]<ref>{{cite web|title="Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015 shortlist: Hartnett and London lead the field" |publisher= SMH, 18 May 2015|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/miles-franklin-literary-award-2015-shortlist-hartnett-and-london-lead-the-field-20150518-gh3uba.html|access-date= 26 May 2024}}</ref>
* 2015 shortlisted [[Miles Franklin Award]]
* 2015 winner [[Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction]]<ref name="IBA2015">{{cite web|title="Indie Book Awards - Winners 2015" |publisher= Australian Independent Booksellers|url=https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/2015-winners|access-date= 26 May 2024}}</ref>
* 2015 winner Indie Awards — Fiction
* 2015 longlisted [[Stella Prize]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Longlist 2015 |url=https://stella.org.au/prize/2015-prize/longlist-2015/ |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=Stella |language=en-US |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031202417/https://stella.org.au/prize/2015-prize/longlist-2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2015 longlisted the [[Stella Prize]]
* 2015 longlisted ASAL Awards — [[ALS Gold Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|title="ALS Longlist and NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Shortlists" |publisher= Australian Women Writers Challenge|url=https://australianwomenwriters.com/2015/05/als-longlist-and-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-shortlists/|access-date= 26 May 2024}}</ref>
* 2015 longlisted ASAL Awards — [[ALS Gold Medal]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:39, 25 May 2024

Golden Boys
AuthorSonya Hartnett
LanguageEnglish
Genrenovel
PublisherPenguin, Australia
Publication date
2014
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages238
ISBN9781926428611
Preceded byThe Children of the King 

Golden Boys (2014) is a novel by Australian author Sonya Hartnett.[1]

Themes

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Golden Boys is a novel of lost childhood innocence, and the loss of societal patterns of behaviour that allowed young children to roam the streets in the late 70s and early 80s. The novel tells the story of two twelve-year-olds, Colt Jenson and Freya Kiley, who are moving out of childhood as they realise that their families have dark secrets.

Reviews

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Linda Funnell in The Sydney Morning Herald found the novel considers many "sombre themes" but is "saturated in a suburban landscape of decades past, where boys ride bicycles through silent streets, play pinball machines at the local milk bar, and hang out in the mouth of the huge stormwater drain beside a patch of waste ground, untroubled by mobile phones or the internet."[2]

Victoria Flanagan in Sydney Review of Books noted that the author "has a talent for writing about difficult or contentious subjects in innovative and sensitive ways".[3]

Awards and nominations

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Sonya Harnett's Golden Boys is a tale of darkness in summer", The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 September 2014
  3. ^ "Not for Children", Sydney Review of Books, 10 October 2014
  4. ^ ""Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015 shortlist: Hartnett and London lead the field"". SMH, 18 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  5. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2015"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Longlist 2015". Stella. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  7. ^ ""ALS Longlist and NSW Premier's Literary Awards Shortlists"". Australian Women Writers Challenge. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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