VUP OUTSTANDING FIRST NOVELS

Below TIM CORBALLIS

Winner of the 2000 Adam Award.

‘Below is a quiet, slowly unfolding novel that avoids big melodramatic moments. But the overall effect is much more unsetting than any conventional thriller.’—lain Sharp, Sunday Star Times

‘As a moody, atmospheric evocation of unease, Below is deeply impressive. It is deftly and precisely written, and leaves the reader feeling haunted’—John McCrystal, Evening Post $24.95

Breakwater KATE DUIGNAN

‘Breakwater catches your attention immediately, and keeps you absorbed till the end…Duignan writes of real people with simplicity, a subtle flair and understanding.’—Chris Bourke, North & South

‘This is a novel with aplomb, assurance, and which makes measurements of depth, as with a plumb line. It's a quite book—though it does have moments of great drama. But what I think best characterises its beauty is that its little things are matters of enormous importance. Rather like those little matters in Jane Austen.’ —Elizabeth Knox $24.95

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