Blurbed as ‘The stunning, explosive new novel from the bestselling author of The Museum of Modern Love, winner of the 2017 Stella Prize’, Bruny is, according to the Allen & Unwin PR department, a ‘searing, subversive novel about family, love, loyalty and the new world order’, ‘a cry from the heart and a fiercely entertaining and crucial work of imagination’, one that dares to ask ‘burning’ questions like ‘How far would they go? How far would you?’ and ‘What would you do to protect the place you love?'

‘If it is possible to assess the current state of Australian literature through a reading of four novels published in late September and October 2010,’ says Overland’s new fiction editor and friend of literature everywhere, Jane Gleeson-White, ‘then I’d say Australian fiction is haunted, preoccupied with the past.’ In ‘Haunted tales’ (Overland 201), Gleeson-White pulls […]