This month we publish the UK edition of a page-turning literary novel that has already won huge acclaim in Australia.
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Emily Maguire’s An Isolated Incident was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, the Stella Prize and the Ned Kelly Prize – Australia’s main literary award, its women’s book prize, and its premier crime-writing prize. That’s enough to tell you this novel is a bit special.
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It’s about the brutal murder of a young woman in a small town, and the search for her killer. However, the whodunnit element is of far less interest than the impact of the crime on those left behind: the young woman’s older sister, and a young reporter sent to cover the story.
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We think it’s human, beautifully observed and compelling, and the people we’ve shown it to in advance are as excited about it as we are. We hope you’ll like it too.