{"product_id":"this-mortal-boy","title":"This Mortal Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA revealing novel based on real events and real people.\u003cbr\u003e\nAn utterly compelling recreation of the events that led to one of the last executions in New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlbert Black, known as the 'jukebox killer', was only twenty when he was convicted of murdering another young man in a fight at a milk bar in Auckland on 26 July 1955. His crime fuelled growing moral panic about teenagers, and he was to hang less than five months later, the second-to-last person to be executed in New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut what really happened? Was this a love crime, was it a sign of juvenile delinquency? Or was this dark episode in our recent history more about our society's reaction to outsiders?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack's final words, as the hangman covered his head, were, 'I wish you all a merry Christmas, gentlemen, and a prosperous New Year.' This is his story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":" Fiona Kidman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67632622272665,"sku":"9780143771807","price":790.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/5642\/6905\/files\/this-mortal-boy.jpg?v=1791548665","url":"https:\/\/booksworldstore.com\/products\/this-mortal-boy","provider":"Books World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}