Past Event

Launch of Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas

22nd Oct 2013

Presenter: Allen and Unwin
Website: http://www.allenandunwin.com/
Event Duration: 120 minutes

‘The beautiful ugliness that is Australia has found its chronicler in Tsiolkas, and we know ourselves better and are richer for it. Our world has been Tsiolkasised. On the strength of Barracuda, there is not a more important writer working in Australia today.’
– Martin Shaw, Books + Publishing

From the bestselling author of The Slap comes one of the most eagerly awaited new novels of 2013.  Joins us as Malcolm Knox launches Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas.

His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted on thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education.

Christos Tsiolkas is the author of the novels Loaded, The Jesus Man, Dead Europe and The Slap.  He is also a playwright, essayist and screenwriter. He lives in Melbourne.