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Nock Loose
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Nock Loose

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Joy is a gifted archer, a retired Olympian and a former stuntwoman on a cult Japanese tokusatsu show. Raised by a feckless grifter, her home is Bodkins Point. For 150 years, this small town has hosted an annual ultra-violent medieval festival called ‘Agincourt’. During the festival, Bodkins Point transforms – assuming a parallel identity that plays tug-of-war with the way its townsfolk live for the rest of the year.

In the aftermath of a terrible fire, Joy’s past and the town’s dark history are set on a collision course as she takes the furious road to revenge.

In this screwball comedy revenge thriller, Game of Thrones meets Wake in Fright meets Kill Bill meets The Simpsons Nock Loose is like nothing else in OzLit.

‘Marlborough is that rarest thing: a dangerous Australian writer. Read them before it’s too late.’ Michael Winkler

‘Mad, rad and merciless: Australia’s own energy-drink-era Vonnegut.’ Sam George-Allen

Nock Loose runs a rake over decades of D-Grade Australian culture and draws a narrative between all that was caught between the tines. Feeling like the cinematic amalgam of a nineties daytime talk show, an op shop joke book, and a hijacked reddit thread, only Marlborough could (or would) write this book.’ Max Easton

‘Patrick Marlborough’s Nock Loose is a wryly post-modern and cynically satirical novel that hits the ground running and never lets up … audacious, macabre and deeply felt.’ Anica Boulanger-Mashberg, Books+Publishing

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Country
Australia
Date
1 July 2025
Pages
288
ISBN
9781760995072

Joy is a gifted archer, a retired Olympian and a former stuntwoman on a cult Japanese tokusatsu show. Raised by a feckless grifter, her home is Bodkins Point. For 150 years, this small town has hosted an annual ultra-violent medieval festival called ‘Agincourt’. During the festival, Bodkins Point transforms – assuming a parallel identity that plays tug-of-war with the way its townsfolk live for the rest of the year.

In the aftermath of a terrible fire, Joy’s past and the town’s dark history are set on a collision course as she takes the furious road to revenge.

In this screwball comedy revenge thriller, Game of Thrones meets Wake in Fright meets Kill Bill meets The Simpsons Nock Loose is like nothing else in OzLit.

‘Marlborough is that rarest thing: a dangerous Australian writer. Read them before it’s too late.’ Michael Winkler

‘Mad, rad and merciless: Australia’s own energy-drink-era Vonnegut.’ Sam George-Allen

Nock Loose runs a rake over decades of D-Grade Australian culture and draws a narrative between all that was caught between the tines. Feeling like the cinematic amalgam of a nineties daytime talk show, an op shop joke book, and a hijacked reddit thread, only Marlborough could (or would) write this book.’ Max Easton

‘Patrick Marlborough’s Nock Loose is a wryly post-modern and cynically satirical novel that hits the ground running and never lets up … audacious, macabre and deeply felt.’ Anica Boulanger-Mashberg, Books+Publishing

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Country
Australia
Date
1 July 2025
Pages
288
ISBN
9781760995072

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