Wimmera

Author(s): Mark Brandi

Crime

Pre-read / Used. Good condition. Inscription in front cover. Creased spine.


 


 


In the long, hot summer of 1989, Ben and Fab are best friends. Growing up in a small country town, they spend their days playing cricket, yabbying in local dams, wanting a pair of Nike Air Maxes and not talking about how Fab's dad hits him or how the sudden death of Ben's next-door neighbour unsettled him. Almost teenagers, they already know some things are better left unsaid. Then a newcomer arrived in the Wimmera. Fab reckoned he was a secret agent and he and Ben staked him out. Up close, the man's shoulders were wide and the veins in his arms stuck out, blue and green. His hands were enormous, red and knotty. He looked strong. Maybe even stronger than Fab's dad. Neither realised the shadow this man would cast over both their lives. Twenty years later, Fab is still stuck in town, going nowhere but hoping for somewhere better. Then a body is found in the river, and Fab can't ignore the past any more. WIMMERA is the 2016 Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger (UK).


Product Information

Winner - Debut Fiction 2018 Indie Book Awards Shortlisted - ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2018 Shortlisted - ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2018

Mark Brandi has been published, broadcast and shortlisted in journals and competitions both locally and overseas. Originally from Marche, growing up Italian in a rural Victorian town influences much of his work. Mark graduated from a criminal justice degree and his career includes roles as a policy advisor and project officer in the Department of Justice, before changing direction and deciding to write. Mark's writing has appeared in THE GUARDIAN, THE AGE, the BIG ISSUE, and is often broadcast on Radio National. He is the winner of the 2016 UK Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger for his first novel, WIMMERA, which he developed during two residential fellowships at Varuna.

General Fields

  • : 9780733638459
  • : Hachette Australia
  • : Hachette Australia
  • : 0.3
  • : 235mm X 156mm X 21mm
  • : Australia
  • : July 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Mark Brandi
  • : Paperback
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