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.
'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
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780857896520 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857896520 |
| Title | The Slap |
| Author | Christos Tsiolkas |
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| 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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