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 the slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen. Christos Tsiolkas presents the impact of this apparently minor domestic incident through the eyes of eight of those who witness it. The result is an unflinching interrogation of the life of the modern family, a deeply thought-provoking novel about boundaries and their limits...
"'With The Slap, Tsiolkas secures his place as one of Australia's most important novelists' The Age"
Christos Tsiolkas is the author of four novels: The Slap, Loaded (filmed as Head-On) The Jesus Man and Dead Europe. He is also a playwright, essayist and screen writer. He lives in Melbourne.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848873551 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848873557 |
| Title | The Slap |
| Author | Christos Tsiolkas |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2010-05-01 |
| 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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