Douglas Coupland - Generation A

The bees come after A, you see...»

Disco Boy: Dominic Knight

Time Out reviews the first novel from The Chaser's writer Dominic Knight.»

A Fraction of the Whole: Steve Totlz

Time Out thinks Steven Totlz's first novel seems to be worth every red cent of of his much publicised $100,000 advance. The Booker Prize judging panel agrees.»

My Columbian Death - Matthew Thompson

Former Sydney journalist journeys to the dark heart of Latin America for a death-defying rite of passage»

Bright Shiny Morning - James Frey

Bright Shiny Morning is a screamingly ambitious portrait of modern Los Angeles featuring a cast of thousands.»

The Good Parents - Joan London

When Toni and Jacob de Jong arrive to visit their 18-year-olddaughter, Maya, in Melbourne, they find she has simply disappeared.»

City of Thieves - David Benioff

As the siege of Leningrad grinds on the frostbitten city faces starvation. »

The 100 Mile Diet: Alisa Smith & JB MacKinnon

A young Vancouver couple attempts to only eat food grown within 100 miles of their home. »

When You Are Engulfed In Flames: David Sedaris

Sedaris and his partner move to Tokyo for three months to enforce the complete change of routine the how-to-quit books recommend.»

A Wolf At The Table: Augusten Burroughs

Daddy is a sinister alcoholic with psoriatic arthritis and rotting teeth who starves Augusten of attention and the child's pet hamster to death.»

Snuff: Chuck Palahniuk

Porn queen, Cassie Wright, wants to crown her illustrious career by smashing the world record for serial fornication. »

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The Science of Sex: Mary Roach

Finally: a book unafraid to tell all about... er, rat sex»

Deaf Sentence: David Lodge

Retired linguistics professor Desmond Bates is slowly going deaf.»

Toyboy: Holly Hill

Holly Hill embarks on another sexual odyssey to generate controversial copy.»

Bowie in Berlin: Thomas Jerome Seabrook

Desperate to escape, Bowie headed to West Germany in 1976 with his old buddy Iggy Pop.»

The Lost Boys: Sam De Brito

Getting inside the mind of a man in his late 30s is not always the favoured task of many novelists. »

Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Vincent Lam

Vincent Lam can now join the ranks of Chekhov, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Peter Goldsworthy, all doctors with a penchant for writing good fiction.»

The Behaviour of Moths: Poppy Adams

It's not surprising that Adams' debut novel revolves around characters with a nose for biology.»

The Spare Room: Helen Garner

Helen Garner returns to fiction to write a story that could have easily found itself on the non-fiction shelf.»

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