
A Child's Book of True Crime
$23.72
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2002
Summary
In a small town near Port Arthur in Tasmania in the mid-nineties, Kate Byrne is having an affair with the father of her most gifted student. As the young teacher’s sexual life is awakened by the father in scenes of escalating eroticism, the guilt she feels towards the son is compounded.
Meanwhile, Veronica, her lover’s wife, has just published Murder At Black Swan Point, a true crime book about the brutal slaying of a young adulteress some years before, set in a nearby town. Kate beco…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781740512084 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1740512081 |
| Author: | Chloe Hooper |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2002 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Chloe Hooper
Chloe Hooper was born in 1973 and educated at the University of Melbourne and Columbia University New York, where she studied creative writing. A CHILD’S BOOK OF TRUE CRIME is her first novel. Chloe lives in Melbourne.
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