Photojournalist and gambler Maali Almeida is dead. He wakes with no memory in a white waiting room where Helpers try … More
Tag: Novel
Review: Waypoints by Adam Ouston
A soaring novel that conjures awe and wonder.
Review: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A compelling depiction of yearning.
Review: Macunaíma by Mário de Andrade (translated by Katrina Dodson)
A shape-shifting romp through Brazil.
Review: Hydra by Adriane Howell
A many-headed mystery of a novel.
Review: Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
A vast, “open-wound theatre” that peers deep into a continent’s soul.
Review: Alec by William di Canzio
A sexy flip of E. M. Forster’s illicit queer romance.
Review: Boulder by Eva Baltasar (translated by Julia Sanchez)
A juicy domestic horror.
Review: A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill
A sprightly if sanitised mystery set during one of Australia’s flirtations with fascism.
Review: Little Plum by Laura McPhee-Browne
A beautiful and tender novel of becoming a mother.
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