The Slap 9780330511391

The Slap 9780330511391The boy is not his son. It is a single act of violence, but the slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen. Christos Tsiolkas presents the impact of this apparently minor domestic incident through the eyes of eight of those who witness it. The result is an unflinching interrogation of the life of the modern family, a deeply thought provoking novel about boundaries and their limits

with enemies behind him and the unknown ahead

And his protection can’t last forever

thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea

they find that they are prisoners of a past they cannot escape and the past comes back to prey upon them once more

continue to work for MI6 or betray everything he believes in

his future

Evie realizes that she is falling in love with him - but he has dark secrets

Sara-Jayne (as she will later be called by her adoptive parents) is the result of an affair

Already 13 volumes available from Cinebook

When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father’s belongings

warfare and worship

and whose eyes never leave her toddler