Down The Hume
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Hachette Australia
Published:29th Jun '17
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Polites' writing is unpretentious, spare, sharp. Peter's voice is raw, casual, genuine. This is urban storytelling at its best - Maxine Beneba Clarke on Peter Polites.
A contemporary noir novel, Down The Hume explores the nature of obsession and addiction. Hedonistic, confronting and heartbreaking - this story will not only drag you along at a rapid pace - it will tear you in two.
Gritty novel of a Sydney I've never seen before. -- Kali Napier * Netgalley *
smart and pleasantly unnerving -- Oliver Driscoll * Books+Publishing *
Polites' novel ultimately offers a riotous vision of an authentically multicultural Australia that One Nation - and increasingly the far right of the LNP - cannot accept. This makes Down the Hume essential reading in these times of "border protection". * The Saturday Paper *
Feature TO COME * FBi's Book Club *
A novel of addiction, secrets and misplaced love, this is an Australian debut not to be missed + Competition * Queensland Times *
Hume is a robust study of ethnic, class and sexual identities that intersect in contemporary Australia + Article -- Nathan Smith * Weekend Australian *
an edgy debut novel -- Shelley Hadfield * Herald Sun *
Book of the week * Stellar *
ISBN: 9780733635564
Dimensions: 208mm x 134mm x 26mm
Weight: 260g
272 pages