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The Slap (novel)

The Slap
First edition
AuthorChristos Tsiolkas
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherAllen & Unwin (Australia)
Penguin (U.S./U.K.)
Publication date
10 November 2008
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages483 pp. (first edition)
ISBN978-1-74175-359-2
OCLC265244779
A823.3 22
LC ClassPR9619.3.T786 S53 2008

The Slap is a 2008 novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas. The narrative is presented through the viewpoints of eight individual characters, and focuses on their reactions after a man controversially reprimands his friend's son by slapping him during a social gathering. The novel won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize in 2009, and was adapted into two miniseries, in Australia and the United States.


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