At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy. The boy is not his son. It is a single act of violence, but this one slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen.
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Christos Tsiolkas is the author of four novels: Loaded (filmed as Head-On) The Jesus Man and Dead Europe, which won the 2006 Age Fiction Prize and the 2006 Melbourne Best Writing Award. The Slap won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2009 and was shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the ALS Gold Medal. He is also a playwright, essayist and screen writer. He lives in Melbourne.
About the Author
Christos Tsiolkas is the author of four novels: Loaded (filmed as Head-On) The Jesus Man and Dead Europe, which won the 2006 Age Fiction Prize and the 2006 Melbourne Best Writing Award. The Slap won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2009 and was shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the ALS Gold Medal. He is also a playwright, essayist and screen writer. He lives in Melbourne.
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'The must-read novel of the summer.' Guardian 'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium.' John Boyne
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A cheap and nasty book - uses bad language, mysogyny and unpleasant sex in place of good writing. A book apparently designed to appeal to the reality TV generation, where being nasty to each other passes for entertainment. Yes, there are plenty of people like this out there, but so what? The story was inconsistent and utterly failed to deliver on what could have been an interesting plot. Ignore the hype - don't waste your tome an money.
I couldn't put this book down. Yes, it is quite uncomfortable reading in parts, but I think it portrays its subjects well and accurately. No one is perfect in the book, just like in real life. There is a lot of swearing and drug use but nothing far from the truth for the type of people in the book. Maybe if you have never been exposed to people like this it seems over the top, but I know a lot of people very much like this (good and bad points) and thought it was very accurate. I highly recommend it. There are many different copies of this on fishpond.com.au, and this one seems to be the cheapest. So if you want to buy this book, get this copy.
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