by Christos Tsiolkas (Author)
WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 2009
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010
'A tremendously vital book in every sense.' - Sunday Times
At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy.
The boy is not his son.
It is a single act of violence, but this one slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: Media tie-in
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 Oct 2011
ISBN 10: 0857896520
ISBN 13: 9780857896520
Book Overview: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, THE SLAP was the most talked-about novel of 2010, and looks set to be one of the most read books of 2011. 'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium.' John Boyne