'One of the most significant contemporary storytellers at work today' Colm Toibin
A collection of urgent, thrilling and original stories from the award-winning, bestselling author of The Slap and Barracuda.
A collection of urgent, thrilling and original stories from the award-winning, bestselling author of The Slap and Barracuda.
Love, sex, death, family, friendship, betrayal, tenderness, sacrifice and revelation...
This incendiary collection of stories from acclaimed writer Christos Tsiolkas takes you deep into worlds both strange and familiar, and introduces you to characters that will haunt you long after you have turned the final page.
Acclaim for The Slap:
'A cool, calm, irresistible masterpiece' Chris Cleave
'The Slap is nothing short of a tour de force' Colm Toibin
'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium' John Boyne
'As addictive as the best soap opera' Daily Mail
Acclaim for Barracuda:
'Tsiolkas writes with compelling clarity about the primal stuff that drives us all: the love and hate and fear of failure... A brilliant, beautiful book. If it doesn't make you cry, you can't be fully alive.' (Sunday Times)
'I finished Barracuda on a high: moved, elated, immersed... This is the work of a superb writer who has completely mastered his craft but lost nothing of his fiery spirit in so doing. It is a big achievement.'