Summer Giveaway 2015 #1
Summertime … Just the time for some great reading with this fabulous bundle of books. Simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 2 December with ‘Summer Giveaway #1’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries are restricted to Australian residents only.
Trent Jamieson Day Boy
Mark is a day boy. His job is to watch over his Master as he lies comatose and helpless by day, and by night to arrange the visits that will sate his Master’s hunger. An original reimagining of an ancient myth, and what it may mean to become a man. Or to remain one.
Courtesy of Text Publishing.
TC Boyle The Harder They Come
Sten Stenson becomes a hero after the coach he and his wife have taken in Costa Rica has been hijacked. A deep and disturbing mediation on the roots of American gun violence. ‘A mesmerising storyteller.’ — Lionel Shriver
Courtesy of Bloomsbury
Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti Zeroes
One bag of stolen drug money. One bungled bank robbery. Six teenagers. Six unique powers. One action-packed week. ‘A fast-paced, highly original story of somewhat super-powered teens. I couldn’t put it down.’ — Garth Nix.
Courtesy of Allen & Unwin
Petina Gappah The Book of Memory
Memory is an albino woman facing the death penalty for murder in Zimbabwe. As part of her appeal she writes down the events that have led to her conviction, beginning when her parents sold her to a strange man at the age of nine.
Courtesy of Faber & Faber
Don’t forget, all you need to do to enter is email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 2 December with ‘Summer Giveaway #1’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email. Good luck!
