Easter 2016 Giveaway #1

What better way to spend the Easter break than with a luscious pile of new books? To enter, simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Tuesday 22nd March 2016 with your address and ‘Easter Giveaway #1’ in the subject line. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, we can only accept entries from Australia residents.  Tim Baker Fever City Nick Alston, a Los Angeles PI, is hired to find the kidnapped son of America’s richest and most hated man. Hastings, a mob hitman in search of redemption, is also on the trail. Both become ensnared in a conspiracy that stretches from the White House to Dealey Plaza. Australian-born Tim Baker is being compared to James Ellroy . Courtesy of Faber & Faber Heather Rossiter Sweet Boy, Dear Wife: Jane Dieulafoy in Persia 1881-1886 The New York Times called her the ‘most remarkable woman in France and perhaps in Europe’.  Jane Dieulafoy dressed as a boy in order to accompany her husband on archaeological digs in 19th-century Persia. This account of her life and discoveries is based on her diaries. Courtesy of Wakefield Press Scot Gardner The Way We Roll Two guys, a goat and a stolen phone … Will went to a private school and Julian went to juvie. Will is running from a family secret; Julian is running from the goat next door. An unlikely bromance from the author of the award-winning The Dead I Know. Courtesy of Allen & Unwin Guillermo Fadanelli See You at Breakfast? This novella by one of Mexico’s leading authors features a practical-minded prostitute, a solitary office worker, a part-trained veterinarian who dispenses medical advice, and the beautiful Olivia, daughter of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Translated from the Spanish by young Australian translator Alice Whitmore. Courtesy of Giramondo Remember, to enter just email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Tuesday 22 March 2016 with ‘Easter Giveaway #1’ in the subject line and your address in the body of the email.

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