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FICTION
FIRST PERSON
Richard Flanagan
RRP $39.99
What is the truth? In this blistering story
of a ghost writer haunted by his demonic
subject, the Man Booker Prize winner turns to lies, crime
and literature with devastating effec t. By turns compelling,
comic, and chilling, First Person is a haunting journey into
the heart of our age.
A LONG WAY FROM HOME
Peter Carey
RRP $32.99
This thrilling, high-speed story starts in
one way and then takes you someplace
else. Set in the 1950s amid the consequences of the
age of empires, this brilliantly vivid novel reminds us how
Europeans took possession of a timeless culture - the high
purpose they invented and the crimes they committed
along the way.
MANHATTAN BEACH
Jennifer Egan
RRP $32.99
Alex Miller
RRP $32.99
In a rich blend of thoughtful and beautifully observed
writing, the lives of a husband and wife are laid bare in
their passionate struggle to engage with their individual
creativity. Alex Miller is magnificent in this most personal
of all novels filled with rare wisdom and incisive
observation.
ATLANTIC BLACK
A. S. Patric
RRP $29.99
Atlantic Black is a psychologically intense story of
unexpected familial betrayal, of a mother and daughter’s
relationship, of a brother and father whose voices
resonate from afar. This story takes place over one day
and night, New Year’s Eve, 1939. The RMS Aquitania
steams across the Atlantic Ocean. On the horizon, the
world is about to explode.
TWO STEPS FORWARD
Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist
RRP $29.99
Mesmerizing, hauntingly beautiful, with the pace and
atmosphere of a noir thriller Egan’s first historical novel is
a masterpiece, a deft, startling, intimate exploration of a
transformative moment in the lives of women and men,
America and the world. Looking to make a new start, Zoe and Martin each set
out alone to walk from Cluny to Santiago in the footsteps
of pilgrims who have walked the Camino - the Way - for
centuries. The Camino changes you, it’s said. It’s a chance
to find a new version of yourself. But can these two very
different people find each other? This is a funny, smart
and romanic journey.
THE LIFE TO COME HEATHER, THE TOTALITY
Michelle de Kretser
RRP $32.99 Matthew Weiner
RRP $24.99
Driven by riveting stories and unforgettable characters,
here is a meditation on intimacy, loneliness and our
flawed perception of other people. Profoundly moving and
at times funny, The Life to Come reveals how the shadows
cast by both the past and the future can transform, distort
and undo the present. Matthew Weiner - the creator of Mad Men - has crafted
an extraordinary first novel of incredible pull and menace.
Heather, The Totality demonstrates perfectly his forensic
eye for the human qualities that hold modern society
together, and pull it apart.
SING, UNBURIED, SING A NEW ENGLAND AFFAIR
Jesmyn Ward
RRP $32.99 Steven Carroll
RRP $29.99
Sing, Unburied, Sing journeys through Mississipi’s past
and present. Jesmyn grapples unflinchingly with the ugly
truths at the heart of the American story and explores
the power and limitations of the bonds of family and
community. This is an epic tale of hope and struggle and
a waring and profound odyssey. It is a majestic new work
from a writer at the height of her powers.
DUE 12TH DECEMBER
THE PASSAGE OF LOVE
A New England Affair is a deeply moving, intense and
poignant novel of a love that never finds the right moment,
and so becomes the ghost of what could have been, of
what never quite was, and never quite will be. It is the
third novel in his acclaimed Elliot Quartet, a companion
novel to A Lost Life and A World of Other People
AN UNREMARKABLE BODY STORIES: THE COLLECTED SHORT FICTION
Elisa Lodato
RRP $29.99 Helen Garner
RRP $29.99
Katharine is found dead at the foot of the stairs by her
daughter Laura. The medical examiner’s report, in which
precious parts of her mother’s body are weighed and
categorized, motivates Laura to write her own version of
events. What emerges are a series of stories in which
Laura attempts to discover how and why her mother died.
These stories - that delve into the complexities of love and
longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of life - are all told
with her characteristic sharpness of observation, honesty
and humour. Each one a perfect piece, together they
showcase Garner’s mastery of the form.