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The controversial author of Atomised sets his new – and possibly last – novel in the world of French politics. In Annihilation, Michel Houellebecq scaffolds a political thriller in order to mourn the decay of Western European life.
ANNA DOWNES Red River Road and LISA KENWAY All You Took …
Oct 3, 2024 · These two new crime thrillers from Australian writers Anna Downes and Lisa Kenway bring fresh takes to the genre. Writers groups are an increasingly popular way for new and established novelists to workshop and complete their manuscripts.
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Dec 19, 2024 · TIM WINTON Juice. Reviewed by Robert Goodman. The opening of Tim Winton’s new novel Juice cannot help but put readers in mind of Cormac McCarthy’s seminal work The Road.A man, possibly an ex-soldier, and a young girl travel in …
MARTINE KROPKOWSKI Everywhere We Look. Reviewed by Karen …
23 hours ago · Martine Kropkowski’s debut crime fiction delves into the devastating consequences of the epidemic of violence against women. Melissa, Bridie and Cassandra are friends, bonded over the sorts of things that connect young mothers – …
MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ Annihilation. Reviewed by James Arbuthnott
Jan 20, 2025 · The controversial author of Atomised sets his new – and possibly last – novel in the world of French politics.. In Annihilation, Michel Houellebecq scaffolds a political thriller in order to mourn the decay of Western European life.Bodies, relationships and politics all disintegrate. First published in 2022 and translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside, Annihilation outlines a ...
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Ronni Salt's debut is historical crime fiction at its best, with a strong sense of place and time and wonderful characters at its core. Ronni Salt will be well-known to denizens of what was Twitter, now X, and followers of independent media.
IAIN RYAN The Dream. Reviewed by Ben Ford Smith
Iain Ryan’s latest novel continues his fascination with 1980s Queensland and the tentacles of corruption that captured police and politicians.
NRB readers’ favourite reviews of 2023 - Newtown Review of Books
Kylie Needham Girl in a Pink Dress. Reviewed by Annette Hughes. The ‘girl in a pink dress’ is Frances, a young art student who charms her tutor (twice her age) and becomes his muse … the author slowly dissolves the dark layers of varnish obscuring the truth that Frances conceals from herself, and therein lies the pleasure of this novel.
HELEN GARNER The Season. Reviewed by Michael Jongen
5 days ago · Helen Garner’s account of a single season of her grandson’s AFL team is about more than football. Helen Garner may have begun her career as a novelist, but she has long been admired for her non-fiction, which has been defined by its fearless honesty and unflinching portrayals of her subjects – and herself – as she immerses herself in their lives.
GERALDINE BROOKS Horse. Reviewed by Catherine Pardey
Jan 23, 2023 · In unearthing the story of a 19th-century thoroughbred, Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks examines racism then and now. Geraldine Brooks takes on a mighty task in her latest novel, Horse, covering events leading up to the American Civil War through the story of champion runner Lexington, and juxtaposing contemporary events, complete with the vague tremors of political correctness that ...