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7 1/2 Seven and a Half by Christos Tsiolkas
$36.99 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
An audacious and transformative novel about the past, the present and the power of writing and imagination from the award-winning author of Damascus and The Slap. A man arrives at a house on the coast to write a book. Separated from his lover and family and friends, he finds the solitude he craves in th ...Show more
Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been ...Show more
Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close...His whole life, Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic ...Show more
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction 2020. The stunningly powerful new novel from the author of The Slap. 'They kill us, they crucify us, they throw us to beasts in the arena, they sew our lips together and watch us starve. They bugger children in front of their mothers and ...Show more
Merciless Gods by Christos Tsiolkas
$40.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
Love, sex, death, family, friendship, betrayal, tenderness, sacrifice and revelation.....This incendiary collection of stories from acclaimed bestselling international writer Christos Tsiolkas takes you deep into worlds both strange and familiar, and characters that will never let you go...'...there is ...Show more
Merciless Gods by Christos Tsiolkas
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
Love, sex, death, family, friendship, betrayal, tenderness, brutality, sacrifice and revelation. This incendiary collection of stories from acclaimed writer Christos Tsiolkas, bestselling author of The Slap and Barracuda, takes you deep into worlds both strange and familiar, and introduces you to chara ...Show more
The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas
$37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap and Damascus. A compelling contemporary love story between two middle-aged men, told with grace, heart and wisdom. No life is simple, and no life is without sorrow. No life is perfect. Two middle-aged men ...Show more
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
$29.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy. The boy is not his own. It's a single act of violence, but the slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it. Told through the eyes of eight of those present at the barbecue, this acclaimed bestseller is an unflinching i ...Show more
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: good
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 th ...Show more
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
$38.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
The Slap is a novel about the relationships between children and adults, and the new Australian multicultural middle-class from the controversial cult author of Loaded and Dead Europe. Longlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. First published 2008.
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