The Ottoman Motel

‘Currie gets the blurring of the creepy-friendly small town just right: as if an eleven-year-old boy walked into his own Wake In Fright.’ * Malcolm Knox *
‘Currie, reaching into the dark corners of the human psyche, has produced a disturbing and exhilarating thriller. The novel plays with the genre, flitting from small-town mystery to an authentic and moving exposition on the loss of childhood innocence. His depiction of the moment when childhood wonder collides with the brutal and careless banality of the adult world is beautifully rendered, as is his uncanny ability to inhabit a child’s mind. Read it before your next excursion into the Australian countryside.’ * Matt Condon *
‘Christopher Currie’s novel creates a brilliant atmosphere, layering superficial small-town charm over dangerous paranoia and criminal depravity. If its tautness slackens slightly later on, it remains an engrossing and deeply creepy read.’ * Cameron Woodhead, Age *
‘There is a Hitchcock-like eerie calm to this novel, a difficult mood that Currie captures well….As small plot points emerge, drip by drip, from Currie’s wonderful writing, the story takes on a chilling edge.’ * Sunday Mail *
‘The Ottoman Motel is an assured debut.’ * Canberra Times *
‘Chris Currie has written an excellent first novel in The Ottoman Motel, part thriller, part crime story and part analysis of the meaning of loss, all told through the eyes of a small boy.’ * Otago Daily Times *

Christopher Currie is a writer and bookseller from Brisbane, whose fiction has appeared in anthologies and journals internationally. His first book, a novel for adults called The Ottoman Motel, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and the Queensland Literary Awards in 2012. Clancy of the Undertow is his first novel for young adults.

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