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Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
The International Bestseller.
Longlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2010.
. . . 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. The narrative is presented through the viewpoints of eight individual characters, and focuses on their reactions after a man controversially reprimands his friend's son by slapping him during a social gathering.
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 . . .
Details
- Format : Thick 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good (Almost As New)
- Category : Fiction - Modern Classics
- Published : 2008 (This Edition 2011 - Atlantic Books)
- ISBN : 9781848873568
- SKU : B003297
- PPC : SP400gm
- RRP : £7.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'A tremendously vital book in every sense.' - Sunday Times.
'One of the truly great novels of the new millennium' - John Boyne.
'A truly fantastic read! I was intrigued by this title as it always raises the pertinent question "to slap or not to slap?" The setting for the said action is a friends and family BBQ but the child receiving the slap is not that parents' child. The immediate effect is to break down the day with everyone leaving. Here you are invited to briefly glimpse into the mind of those attending who aren't parents, which is fascinating alongside the context of those that are. The knock on effect on the friends and family is narrated with empathy and compassion whilst never proving bias.' - Goodreads Review.
'As addictive as the best soap opera.' - Daily Mail.
'Brilliantly compelling and utterly fresh. Fiercely fantastic, you won't be able to put this down.' - Grazia.
The Author
Christos Tsiolkas is the author of nine novels: Loaded, which was made into the feature film Head-On, The Jesus Man and Dead Europe, which won the 2006 Age Fiction Prize and the 2006 Melbourne Best Writing Award. He won Overall Best Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2009, was shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award, long listed for the 2010 Man Booker Prize and won the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal for The Slap, which was also announced as the 2009 Australian Booksellers Association and Australian Book Industry Awards Books of the Year. Barracuda was his fifth novel. Merciless Gods (2014) and Damascus (2019) followed. He is also a playwright, essayist and screen writer. He lives in Melbourne.
Featured Author . . . Christos Tsiolkas