One of our Books of the Year 2014.
After the huge success of his novel The Slap it is often difficult for an author to follow with another as good. Tsiolkas has succeeded in doing just that. Set in Australia and Scotland, the novel explores the problems that arise when an impressionable, working class teenager, Danny, wins a swimming scholarship to a prestigious private school and then doesn’t live up to his expectations. The way the author sets out the chapters in different contexts and times, sometimes using Danny (later Dan) as narrator, is admirable as he tries to make sense of his behaviour and manage his anger. It is a very fine work indeed. Highly recommended.
In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for Barracuda a small number of Lovereading members were lucky enough to be invited to review this title - ''I was gripped by this novel, moved to tears by the end and haunted by the story of Danny Kelly who dared to dream.' Francesca Ashurst.
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