Summerland by Malcolm Knox
Every year since they can remember, two couples have spent their summers on the sun-drenched shores of Palm Beach. Beautiful, rich and powerful they are life's golden ones, born to a world of limitless possibilities. Hugh is handsome, foolhardy and self-obsessed, and married to Helen, a woman his equal in everything but luck. Then there is obstinate, sultry Pup and her husband, Richard. Now a hollowed-out man, Richard recalls this paradise, these seemingly immaculate lives, and slowly exposes a core of infidelity only possible between the most intimate of friends. 'Assured and gripping . . . a compelling novel with a sinister undertow . . . Impressive' TLS '[Knox's] clear-eyed wisdom and startling, depth-charged prose constitute a novel that should become as much of a classic as the one he has remoulded . . . Astoundingly accomplished' Guardian
'Assured and gripping.. a compelling novel with a sinister undertow... Impressive' TLS; '[Knox's] clear-eyed wisdom and startling, depth-charged prose constitute a novel that should become as much of a classic as the one he has remoulded... Astoundingly accomplished' Guardian
Malcolm Knox was born in Sydney in 1966. He was chief cricket correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald for three years and has written on cricket for several publications around the world. As a journalist he won a Walkley award in 2004 for the exposé of fraudulent author Norma Khouri. He was named as one of 2000’s Best Young Novelists by The Sydney Morning Herald for Summerland. A Private Man won the 2005 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Fiction. It was also shortlisted for the 2004 Victorian Premier’s Prize, the 2004 Colin Roderick Award, the 2005 NSW Premier’s Prize, the 2004 Tasmanian Pacific Fiction Prize, and longlisted for the 2005 Miles Franklin Award and the 2006 Dublin Impac Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330486798 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330486799 |
| Title | Summerland |
| Author | Malcolm Knox |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2002-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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