The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

The Slap by Christos TsiolkasOne day, at a suburban barbeque, 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 onto 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

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A fresh start will mean a perilous quest

A brilliant adventure and a gripping story

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and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena

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Will and Horace discover the true purpose behind Morgarath's actions

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The tin can school of a remote Aboriginal community in outback Central Australia