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Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik |
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THE HIDING PLACE
Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize, republished 2017 as a Picador Classic; a British Elena Ferrante
My father would have flipped a coin and watched his fate come twirling down to earth.
1960s Tiger Bay, Dolores is growing up as the last and least wanted of six daughters. This is the Gauci family: living in a world of gaming rooms and cafes, of crumbling houses and burning secrets. Theirs is a place of glamour, filled equally by fear and love, music and silence.
Thirty years later, when the sisters are reunited, it is time for consolation. Amongst the memories old secrets emerge, until Dolores is forced to confront the truth behind the terrifying events in her past.
THE HIDING PLACE is a deeply moving and intensely lyrical novel about love and betrayal. It received incredible reviews on publication, won the 2001 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Trezza Azzopardi was born and grew up in Cardiff. She has an MA in Film Studies from The University of Derby, and in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, where she now teaches. Trezza has written four novels: her first, THE HIDING PLACE, won the 2001 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; REMEMBER ME (2004) and WINTERTON BLUE (2007), were both listed for the Wales Book of the Year. Her latest novel, THE SONG HOUSE, was serialised on BBC Radio 4. Her novella, THE TIP OF MY TONGUE, was published in 2013.
She also writes short stories, which have been widely anthologised, essays, and occasional pieces for radio. Her work has been translated into twenty languages.
1960s Tiger Bay, Dolores is growing up as the last and least wanted of six daughters. This is the Gauci family: living in a world of gaming rooms and cafes, of crumbling houses and burning secrets. Theirs is a place of glamour, filled equally by fear and love, music and silence.
Thirty years later, when the sisters are reunited, it is time for consolation. Amongst the memories old secrets emerge, until Dolores is forced to confront the truth behind the terrifying events in her past.
THE HIDING PLACE is a deeply moving and intensely lyrical novel about love and betrayal. It received incredible reviews on publication, won the 2001 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Trezza Azzopardi was born and grew up in Cardiff. She has an MA in Film Studies from The University of Derby, and in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, where she now teaches. Trezza has written four novels: her first, THE HIDING PLACE, won the 2001 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; REMEMBER ME (2004) and WINTERTON BLUE (2007), were both listed for the Wales Book of the Year. Her latest novel, THE SONG HOUSE, was serialised on BBC Radio 4. Her novella, THE TIP OF MY TONGUE, was published in 2013.
She also writes short stories, which have been widely anthologised, essays, and occasional pieces for radio. Her work has been translated into twenty languages.
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Published 2017-02-01 by Picador |