The Bannerman shortlist
Batrouney, Colin2023
Book
The Bannerman Shortlist has been announced. Six authors. Six stories. And Gideon Bannerman is missing. First time author Isobel Dalby is convinced that she's a fraud. Veteran literary giant Martin Gillray wants to be taken out of contention. Julian Adagoke's text-message novel may not be what it seems. Catherine Adler is certain that her book, a savage critique on the colonising past of the British Empire doesn't stand a chance. Kai Noguchi's prose holds a terrible secret. And Alex Kosco is rehearsing his acceptance speech. Woven into these stories is Natasha Moubray's desperate search for her friend of over 50 years, Gideon Bannerman, who disappears on the day the shortlist is announced. By turns, funny, moving and occasionally shocking, The Bannerman Shortlist recognises that at the beating heart of all creative endeavour lies passion, empathy, truth and a tender hue.
Main title:
The Bannerman shortlist / Colin Batrouney.
Author:
Batrouney, Colin, author
Work:
Imprint:
Melbourne : Clouds of Magellan Press, 2023.©2023
Collation:
284 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780645732870 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
LC class:
PR8285.A8437
Language:
English
BRN:
457283