A Better Place
Jul 2023 · Sold by Penguin Group Australia
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The old people in the district would often say that Roy was not quite the same after he come back. There was a brother. A twin brother, Tony. Tony Mitchell, different boy but a good rugby player. Bit of a mental case, they said, but Roy would have none of it. He always stayed close to Tony when they were growing up. They both went off to fight, must have been 1940. Only the one come back, though.
Crete, they thought. We lost Tony over there.
From Stephen Daisley, winner of the Prime Minister’s Award for Traitor and the NZ Ockham Prize for Coming Rain, a new novel about brothers at war. Beautifully written, brutal, tender and visceral, A Better Place is about love in its many forms.
Stephen Daisley was born in 1955 and grew up in the North Island of New Zealand. He has worked on sheep and cattle stations, on oil and gas construction sites and as a truck driver, among many other jobs.
His first novel, Traitor, won the 2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction. Coming Rain won the Ockham Prize in 2015. Stephen lives in Western Australia.
‘Daisley's prose possesses a shimmering, allusive beauty.’ Weekend Australian
‘Stephen Daisley writes with the potent economy of a short-story writer, and he triumphs with this visceral account that will linger in your mind long after the last page.’ North & South
Crete, they thought. We lost Tony over there.
From Stephen Daisley, winner of the Prime Minister’s Award for Traitor and the NZ Ockham Prize for Coming Rain, a new novel about brothers at war. Beautifully written, brutal, tender and visceral, A Better Place is about love in its many forms.
Stephen Daisley was born in 1955 and grew up in the North Island of New Zealand. He has worked on sheep and cattle stations, on oil and gas construction sites and as a truck driver, among many other jobs.
His first novel, Traitor, won the 2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction. Coming Rain won the Ockham Prize in 2015. Stephen lives in Western Australia.
‘Daisley's prose possesses a shimmering, allusive beauty.’ Weekend Australian
‘Stephen Daisley writes with the potent economy of a short-story writer, and he triumphs with this visceral account that will linger in your mind long after the last page.’ North & South
The old people in the district would often say that Roy was not quite the same after he come back. There was a brother. A twin brother, Tony. Tony Mitchell, different boy but a good rugby player. Bit of a mental case, they said, but Roy would have none of it. He always stayed close to Tony when t...
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Stephen Daisley was born in 1955 in New Zealand. He served in the New Zealand army for five years. He worked other jobs on sheep and cattle stations, on oil and gas construction sites, as a truck driver, and Bartender. He is the author of two books. Traitor won the 2011 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, UTS Award for New Writing and the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Fiction. Coming Rain was published in 2015 and won the New Zealand Book Award for fiction in 2016.
Stephen Daisley was born in 1955 in New Zealand. He served in the New Zealand army for five years. He worked other jobs on sheep and cattle stations, on oil and gas construction sites, as a truck driver, and Bartender. He is the author of two books. Traitor won the 2011 New South Wales Premier's ...
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