"New York Times" Notable Books 2005

The "New York Times" has released its list of Notable Books for 2005 with the following Australian books included: Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman

[Thanks to Bookslut for the link.]

Currently Reading

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Blind Eye by Stuart MacBride
Macbride's fifth DS McRae novel - hard to see it getting more gruesome than this.

 

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State of Emergency by Sam Fisher
Cinematic, high-tech, futuristic rescue fiction. This might have started its own genre.

 

Recently Read

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Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
A coming-of-age novel set in a small WA mining town in the 1960s. Ticks all the relevant boxes.

 

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Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
Chabon's homage to the adventure novel. Reminiscent of Moorcock and Leiber.

 

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Headlong by Susan Varga
When is life still worth living, or is it better to die with dignity?

 

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The Pages by Murray Bail
Bail's first novel since Eucalyptus, about an Outback genius philosopher - or is he? [Shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Award.]

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