The slap
Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965-2014
Book
At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye on to that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse.
Main title:
The slap / Christos Tsiolkas.
Author:
Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2014.©2008
Collation:
573 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2008.
Awards:
The 2009 ABA and ABIA Book of the Year.Winner 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
ISBN:
9781741758207 (pbk)9781741758207 (paperback)9781742375601
Dewey class:
A823.3
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
648826
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | Fiction | TSIO | On loan - Due: 14 Jul 2026 |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | TSIO | On loan - Due: 30 Jun 2026 |
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | TSIO | On loan - Due: 29 Jun 2026 |
| North Melbourne Library | Fiction | TSIO | Available |