ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Seven old friends decide to spend the weekend in a house perched above the Great Ocean Road. It is to be a total escape from the pressures of their various professional and domestic situations, with good food, good wine and stories. No papers, no television, no mobile phones or computers and no children - it should be a restorative break from modern life. Waiting for the last couple to arrive, they decide to take turns telling stories - true or invented? - as the weather starts to close in.
When Marshall does finally turn up, it's not with his wife but with his daughter, and the dynamics of the group shift into uncertainty - and recriminations. And the stories being told are less innocent, and when the house is cut off by a huge storm, their old friendships are called into question…
A sly social commentary, a thoughtful examination of tale-telling and its forms, and a cleverly constructed novel with unexpected flashes of cutting humour. Lindy
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They were going to tell stories. Let's go away for the weekend, said Megan, and leave our phones behind and turn off the computers and television and stop time because time is moving too fast and soon we'll all be saying where the hell did our lives go? We'll cook some food and drink some wine and each tell a story. It is the middle of winter. Seven friends travel to a remote coastal beach house for the weekend. Without phones, internet or television, they sit around the fireplace, telling stories - each exposing the foibles of humankind. But as a storm rolls in and torrential rain cuts the party off from the outside world, it soon becomes clear that some secrets are best kept hidden. Demons is an extraordinary novel by one of Australia's great writers.
By:
Wayne Macauley Imprint: Text Publishing Company Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 331g ISBN:9781922147363 ISBN 10: 1922147362 Publication Date:23 July 2014 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Demons
'Absorbing, thought-provoking and altogether quite brilliant.' -- BookMooch
Short-listed for Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2014 (Australia)
Short-listed for Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2014 (Australia)
Shortlisted for Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2014.
