Jasper Jones
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:29th Apr '10
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An unforgettable coming-of-age novel from a dazzling new talent
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TONI COLLETTE AND HUGO WEAVING
Summer, 1965.
Late one night, thirteen-year-old Charlie Bucktin is startled by a knock on his window. In the dead of night, the boys steal through town, and Charlie learns of Jasper’s horrible discovery.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TONI COLLETTE AND HUGO WEAVING
Summer, 1965.
Late one night, thirteen-year-old Charlie Bucktin is startled by a knock on his window.
His visitor is Jasper Jones. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is intriguing. And he needs Charlie’s help. In the dead of night, the boys steal through town, and Charlie learns of Jasper’s horrible discovery.
Burdened by a terrible secret and the weight of a town’s suspicion, Charlie feels his world closing in.
After this summer nothing will ever be the same again.
Catcher in the Rye meets To Kill a Mockingbird in a novel that confronts racism, injustice, friendship and the tenderness of first love - as seen by bookish, guileless, 13-year-old Charlie Bucktin, led astray by the intriguing, dangerous eponymous outcast, Jasper Jones * Easy Living *
Terrific...this is an enthralling novel that invites comparison with Mark Twain and isn't found wanting. Silvey is able to switch the mood from the tragic to the hilarious in an instant * Mail on Sunday *
A finely crafted novel that deals with friendship, racism and social ostracism... Saluting To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Silvey movingly explores the stifling secrets that lurk behind the most ordinary of facades * Marie Claire *
Jasper Jones is a well-paced, eminently readable bildungsroman... The exultation contained in the description of a cricket game featuring Charlie's irrepressible best friend is enough alone to earn this book sentimental-classic status. * The Monthly *
Impossible to put down ... There's tension, injustice, young love, hypocrisy ... and, above all, the certainty that Silvey has planted himself in the landscape as one of our finest storytellers. * Australian Women’s Weekly *
Silvey weaves a story of romance, intrigue and racism that is "unputdownable". A perfect book to take on lazy beach holidays * No.1 Magazine *
Magical * Simon Shaw, Mail on Sunday - Paperbacks of the Year *
Craig Silvey's much-awaited second novel is very different from the elegiac Rhubarb - but it's every bit as good, if not better... Deeply thoughtful, remarkably funny and playful. * Readings *
Craig Silvey's Rhubarb was one of my favourite Australian novels of 2004 and heralded a major new voice in Australian literary fiction. His next offering in Jasper Jones is another beautifully constructed book with a page-turning narrative and outrageously good dialogue. * Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Sydney Writers' Festival *
Jasper Jones is a riveting tale, studded with laugh-out-loud and life-affirming moments yet underpinned by a clear-eyed examination of human weaknesses and misdemeanours. * Adelaide Advertiser *
- Winner of Nielsen BookData/ABA Book of the Year Award - Booksellers' Choice 2010
- Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011
- Short-listed for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2010
ISBN: 9780099537540
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 19mm
Weight: 214g
304 pages