The Slap Christos Tsiolkas

Name: The Slap By Christos Tsiolkas
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The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, THE SLAP was the most talked-about novel of 2010, and looks set to be one of the most read books of 2011.

'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium.' John Boyne

The Slap Summary

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 2009
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010

'A tremendously vital book in every sense.' - Sunday Times

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.

The Slap Reviews

'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium.' John Boyne 'A cool, calm, irresistible masterpiece.' Chris Cleave. 'The novel's energy is overwhelming' Jane Smiley, Guardian. 'Now and then a book comes along that defines a summer. This year that book is The Slap... The writing has shades of Martin Amis, Nick Hornby and Anne Tyler... The ideal summer read.' Daily Telegraph 'As addictive as the best soap opera.' Daily Mail 'A tremendously vital book in every sense.' Sunday Times 'Dazzling.' Independent

About Christos Tsiolkas

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 2009 Commonwealth Writer's Prize, was shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the ALS Gold Medal, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2010. He is also a playwright, essayist and screen writer. He lives in Melbourne.

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GOR003252599

ISBN 13

9780857896520

ISBN 10

0857896520

Title

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

Author

Christos Tsiolkas

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Atlantic Books

Year published

2011-10-01

Number of pages

496

Prizes

Winner of THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 2009 (UK) Long-listed for The Man Booker Prize 2010 (UK)

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