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A mordant, flawed Australian slapstick chronicles a small town through its murderous medieval festival

Patrick Marlborough’s debut novel Nock Loose combines satire with a rather gnarly plot.

10.09.2025 10

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Joseph Steinberg

Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever?

Siang Lu has won the Miles Franklin Literary Award for his absurdist, ‘strikingly new’ novel about dictators in parallel cities – which dials...

24.07.2025 3

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Joseph Steinberg

Bawdy, playful and intellectually ambitious: your guide to the 2025 Miles Franklin shortlist

The six inventive books shortlisted for the 2025 Miles Franklin explore ideas of identity, self and nationhood – and play with both ideas and...

23.07.2025 10

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Joseph Steinberg