Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap

The New Yorker“Not yet reviewed”

Financial Times“Not yet reviewed”

The New York Times“Not yet reviewed”

Scotsman“Not yet reviewed”

Los Angeles Times“Entertaining...” What impresses are the seriousness and sensitivity with which Tsiolkas handles his themes while keeping his narrative tight and detailed. Sometimes it seems as if his story is going to get away from him...

Economist“Certainly delivers a punch...” If “The Slap” is intended as a study of the precarious nature of morality, then it succeeds. For all its honesty, though, the book lacks warmth, and redeeming 21st-century middle-class Australian society is not on Mr Tsiolkas’s agenda...

The Times“Nothing less than a modern masterpiece...” It’s impossible for the reader to make simple judgments as the anguished feelings of the characters are laid bare. Tsiolkas has a rare ability to inhabit his characters’ inner worlds. The Slap places family life under the microscope...

The Independent“Extreme, but utterly believable” This ingenious and passionate book is a wonderful dissection of suburban Australian living. Minor quibbles aside, this is a beautifully structured examination of the complexity of modern living; a compelling journey into the darkness of suburbia...

The Telegraph“Nothing escapes Tsiolkas’s lacerating gaze...” A book of such wide scope cannot be without its flaws: the prose can be clunky in places, the frequent sex scenes are uniformly awful - but these are only murmurs against a genuinely important, edgy, urgent book that hunts big game...

Guardian“Riveting from beginning to end...” Tsiolkas uses his premise as a guy-line to stabilise his larger structure, but his real talent is for exploring the inner lives of his eight primary characters. The novel's forward energy is unexpectedly overwhelming...