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Jamaica (novel)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Preceded by
  
A Private Man

Author
  
Malcolm Knox

Page count
  
388

Country
  
Australia

Publication date
  
2007

Pages
  
388

Originally published
  
2007

Genre
  
Novel

ISBN
  
9781741753400

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Publisher
  
Allen & Unwin, Australia

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Jamaica : A Novel (2007) is a novel by Australian author Malcolm Knox. It won the Colin Roderick Award in 2007, and was shortlisted for the Fiction category of the 2008 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

Contents

Plot summary

A group of 6 Australian friends - white, middle-aged males - combine to compete in a marathon relay swim in treacherous waters off Jamaica. But even before the race begins fractures appear in the relationships, with drug-taking, hidden secrets and personal crises coming to dominate.

Reviews

  • Patrick Ness in The Guardian found that "Alongside Tim Winton's Breath, this is the second excellent novel in as many months to examine masculinity and male friendship in Australian sport, a subject that might seem of limited intrinsic interest. But it's not the song, it's how it's sung, and if Winton is an aria, Knox is early Rolling Stone.."
  • Andrew Reimner in The Sydney Morning Herald argues that "My reservations are not much more than quibbles. The pace, verve and stylishness of Jamaica outweigh any such shortcomings. Some sections are brilliantly done."

    • Awards and nominations

  • 2007 winner Colin Roderick Award
  • 2008 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction

    • References

    Jamaica (novel) Wikipedia
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