Bloodhound
The long awaited second novel in Tamora Pierce’s ‘The Provost Dog’ Trilogy is finally here. In ‘Terrier’, the first novel in ‘The Provost Dog’ Trilogy, we meet Beka Cooper, a trainee cop, or ‘puppy’. Beka is special: she can talk to ghosts and along with her street skills, Beka is able to gather all the evidence and not let go until the culprits are caught. Hence her nickname ‘Terrier’.
‘Bloodhound’ sees the return of Beka Cooper who is now a fully fledged ‘Dog’. However, there are new villains who threaten the very livelihood of Corus, and Beka must follow the clues to sniff out the villains. Unfortunately, now her ‘Terrier’ skills won’t help her, Beka will have to become a ‘Bloodhound’. This book is an excellent third instalment and was definitely worth the wait.
Shooting Balibo
In 1975, Tony Maniaty flew in to East Timor to report on a growing conflict for the ABC. What started as a simple news assignment soon changed tone as Indonesian troops prepared to invade the former Portuguese colony. In the lead up to the invasion, they murdered five journalists who had stuck around to cover the story. It was Tony who broke the story of the deaths of the ‘Balibo Five’ to the world.
Last year, Maniaty returned to East Timor to write a book about the making of ‘Balibo’, Robert Connolly’s new feature film about the newsmen. But the book, Shooting Balibo: Blood and Memory in East Timor, is much more. Jumping backwards and forwards through time, it’s also about Maniaty’s experiences in 1975, as Indonesia prepared to invade, and the memories stirred up by his return. Robert Connolly’s film, Balibo, will premiere at Melbourne’s International Film Festival on July 24.
The Toss of a Lemon
In this debut novel, Padma Viswanathan gives us a richly detailed and intimate vision of India’s history during the first half of the 20th century. Inspired by her family history, the story takes us inside the lives of a Brahmin family as the subcontinent moves through sixty years of intense social and political change.
At the novel’s heart is Sivakami, married at ten to astrologer and village healer Hanumarathnam. Despite astrological predictions that he will die in his tenth year of marriage, he takes this child bride, who finds herself at eighteen, a widow with two young children. The ensuing family saga chronicles the journey of her future generations into the era of modern India, confronting issues of religion, caste, tradition, loss and love.
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