Episode description
Christos Tsiolkas burst onto Australia's publishing scene in 1995 with his grunge-lit novel Loaded. Since then he has published seven books of fiction, including The Slap. This week, Christos joins Michael for a discussion on how becoming part of the literary establishment has changed the author, why he finds bodies endlessly fascinating, and his forthcoming book The In-Between.
Reading list:
Loaded, Christos Tsiolkas, 1995
The Jesus Man, Christos Tsiolkas, 1999
Dead Europe, Christos Tsiolkas, 2005
The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 2008
Barracuda, Christos Tsiolkas, 2013
Merciless Gods, Christos Tsiolkas, 2014
Damascus, Christos Tsiolkas, 2019
7 1/2, Christos Tsiolkas, 2021
The In-Between, Christos Tsiolkas, forthcoming in 2023
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1866
Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre Dame des Fleurs), Jean Genet, 1942/1943
City of Night, John Rechy, 1963
You can find these books at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books.
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Guest: Christos Tsiolkas
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