Tsiolkas’s first novel takes no prisoners, plays for keeps, holds nothing back—the clichés just keep coming back.tStrangely, for a novel brimming with drug use and explicit anonymous sex scenes (gay sex scenes too, it has to be mentioned), this reminded me of a Murakami novel. It’s got something ...
Absorbed in the music he was making as he looked at the cloud-filled valley spread below, the man did not hear his son approach. —Look, look at your son, urged the mother, and on turning the man saw the boy’s small hand reach for the instrument. —What do you want, my little man? Mulan’s father la...
She slowly allowed her body to slacken in the enveloping heat, sighing deeply and closing her eyes to the world. One ear was cocked for any sound from Hugo. He and Gary were watching Finding Nemo. Hugo would be on his back, his legs whirring fast, pretending to cycle. Gary would be on his second ...