Blogs in February 2019

The Slap 1st February 2019

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...

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The Chance of a Lifetime 26th January 2019

Moving 10,000 miles from home might just save the Parkes family bacon. And it could possibly be what their marriage needs. But what if these new ‘opportunities’ like overcoming a fear of spiders, learning to swim in the ocean...

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A Model Wife 25th January 2019

Former top model Celia Ramsay is determined to extricate herself from her bullying husband but is trapped in a media circus by a promise she made him. What she hasn’t bargained for is the spate of sexual harassment allegations...

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The Lost Man 17th January 2019

Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other’s nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart. They are at the...

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Scrublands 6th January 2019

A dead river. A dying town. A killer’s secrets… In an isolated country town ravaged by drought, a charismatic young priest opens fire on his congregation, killing five men before being shot dead himself. A year later, journalist Martin...

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