The Slapby Christos Tsiolkas
We recently read this book for our Book Club and Oh my God it "so doesn't do as it says on the tin"!
I have never done something like this before but people must beware of the reality of this book. It is not about The Slap of a 3 year old boy, which by its' title lulls every poor unsuspecting reader into it's vile clutches.
It is about everything reprehensible in an end of the world type depiction of "The Modern Family".
To sum it up it is a vulgar,racist,sexist,bigoted read. With the apparent relish of the writer it touches on everything vile from"the smashed jaw and teeth" of a wife of one of the characters, to drug and alcohol abuse, multiple extra marital affairs,sex scenes that make you feel personally violated as as abused as the characters, to borderline paedophile undertones.
If this is the"modern family" or "modern living" in Australia well God love them
Avoid this book as you would the Ebola virus!
Carmel- Co.Dublin
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