I loved Paul Daley’s Jesustown(A&U), about a washed-up outsider visiting a remote settlement and struggling with the legacy of our past, and also Don Watson’s The Passion of Private White (Scribner) about a Vietnam Vet’s lifetime’s commitment to the people of Donidji, in East Arnhem Land. I devoured Jessica Au’s Cold Enough for Snow (Giramondo), a meditative, mesmerising novel and Geraldine Brooks’ masterful and passionate Horse (Hachette). I was enthralled by Bernadette Brennan’s Leaping into Waterfalls (Allen & Unwin) about the dauntless writer Gillian Mears, who went places – in writing and life – with abandon, curiosity and courage. Jenny Offill’s Weather (Granta) was my standout novel – hilarious, acute and moving, set in Brooklyn and written in almost Twitter-brief paragraphs, it makes grand comedy and tragedy of crazy modern daily life.
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