Page count 388 | Publication date 2007 Pages 388 Originally published 2007 Genre Novel ISBN 9781741753400 | |
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Publisher Allen & Unwin, Australia Similar On Obsession, Boom: The Underground History of, The Wonder Lover, The Captains, Greatest - The: The Players - t |
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.
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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.
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