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FICTION
THE TRUE COLOUR OF THE SEA SO MUCH LIFE LEFT OVER
Robert Drewe
RRP $29.99 Louis de Bernieres
RRP $32.99
Witty, clever, touching and inventive, the eleven stories
in The True Colour of the Sea take us to many varied
coasts. Relationships might be frayed, savaged, regretted
or celebrated, but here there is always the life-force of the
ocean - seducing, threatening, inspiring. By turns humorous and tragic, gripping and touching,
So Much Life Left Over follows a cast of unique and
captivating characters as they navigate the extraordinary
interwar years both in England and abroad. This is another
extraordinary novel by the author of Captain Corelli’s
Mandolin and Birds Without Wings.
PARIS ECHO TRANSCRIPTION
Sebastian Faulks
RRP $32.99 Kate Atkinson
RRP $32.99
In this urgent and deeply moving novel, Sebastian Faulks
deals with questions of empire, grievance and identity.
With great originality and a dark humour, Paris Echo
asks how much we really need to know if we are to live a
valuable life. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a
bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and
empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this
country's most exceptional writers.
DUE 17TH SEPTEMBER
DUE 17TH SEPTEMBER
THE SHEPHERD’S HUT SEA PRAYER
Tim Winton
RRP $39.99 Khaled Hosseini
RRP $24.99
The Shepherd’s Hut is a searing look at what it takes to
keep love and hope alive in a parched and brutal world.
It is a crisp, fast, shocking story, an urgent masterpiece
about solitude, unlikely friendship, and the raw business
of survival. Sea Prayer is a deeply moving, beautifully illustrated short
work of fiction for people of all ages from the international
bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by
Dan Williams’s stunning illustrations.
DUE 30TH AUGUST
BREATH
THE BIOGRAPHER’S LOVER
Tim Winton
RRP $22.99
Ruby Murray
RRP $29.99
Tim Winton’s Breath, winner of the Miles Franklin Literary
Award is a gripping and deeply moving novel about the
damage you do to yourself when you’re young and think
you’re immortal. It is a story about the wildness of youth
and learning to live with its passing. Now a feature film.
DUE 28TH AUGUST
The Biographer’s Lover is a novel about Australia’s
complex relationship with memory, and the role gender
plays in the ways we represent not only national myths
but our private versus our public selves.
MAN OUT OF TIME FIRST PERSON
Stephanie Bishop
RRP $29.99 Richard Flanagan
RRP $22.99
When Stella’s father, Leon, disappears the police knock at
her door. Stella holds the key to his discovery. But after all
that has passed, can she bring herself to help him? Man
Out of Time is a deeply moving novel about inheritance
and self-destruction, and of how the memories we carry
discolour our view of the world...and ourselves.
What is the truth? In this blistering story of a ghost writer
haunted by his demonic subject, the Man Booker Prize
winner turns to lies, crime and literature with devastating
effect. By turns compelling, comic and chilling, First
Person is a haunting journey into the heart of our age.
Now in paperback format.
WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT FRENCH EXIT
Majok Tulba
RRP $29.99 Patrick deWitt
RRP $29.99
Brimming with pathos and wit, French Exit is a one-of-a-
kind tragedy of manners, a riotous send-up of high society
and a moving story of mothers and sons. This comedy
is an engaging new novel from the author of The Sisters
Brothers.
Majok Tulba’s debut novel, Beneath the Darkening Sky,
was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and likened
to the work of Nam Le, Markus Zusak and Primo Levi.
No less brillia nt, When Elephants Fight is an important
testimony of the harrowing lives of refugees.
DUE 1ST SEPTEMBER