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About the author christos tsiolkas is the author of the slap, which won overall best book in the commonwealth writers prize 2009, was shortlisted for the 2009 miles franklin literary award, longlisted for the 2010 man booker prize and won the australian. In this case, i thought it was worth reading all of it, so i did. Barracuda is an australian drama miniseries, first broadcast on abctv starting 10 july 2016. The first time i heard of australian author christos tsiolkas, was in the months leading up to the premiere of the television adaptation of his novel, the slap. The slap, christos tsiolkass bestselling previous novel declared welcome to australia in the early 21st century. Christos tsiolkas is the author of six novels, including dead europe, loaded and barracuda. Loaded, which was made into the feature film headon, the jesus man and dead europe, which won the 2006 age fiction prize and the 2006 melbourne best writing award.
His novel the slap won overall best book in the commonwealth writers prize 2009, was shortlisted for the 2009 miles franklin literary award, longlisted for the 2010 man booker prize, won the australian literary society gold medal, and was announced as the 2009 australian booksellers. Christos tsiolkas is the author of five novels, most of which have been adapted for the screen. Christos tsiolkas on rage, forgiveness and the middle. Christos tsiolkas has 30 books on goodreads with 66348 ratings. Christos tsiolkas, and reuniting key creatives who brought us the slap, barracuda is an unflinching look at. A tale of hardwon selfacceptance is a gripping followup to the slap, says mark sanderson. Except i would add the words of literature after contemporary writers. The jesus man by christos tsiolkas 2 editions first published in 1999 not in library. In barracuda, tsiolkass central concern is with what it means to be good. It may tell an old, old story, but it has rarely been told in a better way.