Vital stats: Author: J.K. Rowling Publisher: Hachette Format: Hardcover RRP: $39.99 (AUD) My rating The story: When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in the quaint English village of Pagford, his seat on the local council goes up for grabs. Council chair Howard …
The Virgin Suicides Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Publisher: Bloomsbury Format: Paperback RRP: $19.95 (AUD) My rating The story In a sleepy suburb in 1970s Detroit, a group of teenage boys watch with an obsessive awe the five Lisbon daughters who live …
Vital stats… Author: J.M. Coetzee Publisher: Random House Format: Paperback RRP: AUD $24.95 My rating What it’s about… Born with a simple nature that repulses the world and a harelip that repulses even his own mother, Michael K is an outsider …
Vital stats… Author: Markus Zusak Publisher: Pan Macmillan Format: Paperback RRP: AUD $19.95 My rating What it’s about… January 1939. The world hovers on the brink of the Second World War. Germany crouches for the pounce. Death flexes his knuckles for the slog ahead. …
Vital stats… Author: Honey Brown Publisher: Penguin Books Format: Paperback RRP: AUD $32.95 My rating What it’s about… Life is hard in the biting heat and dirt of small town Kiona, a gritty (fictional) Australian country town where people aren’t …
