T: A Novel

Shortlisted for the TAG Hungerford Manuscript Award 2018*

*Shortlisted for the International Chaffinch Press Manuscript Award (Ireland)*

Chilling to read, cut with powerful energy and strong feeling.

T or Timothy lives on the economic margins, both using and selling methamphetamine in Mandurah. When a friend, Gulp, tragically dies and T grows close to Lori-Bird his life promises to become more centred. But he moves between loving and leaving her.

This is a lyrical and arresting portrait of characters who crave love but struggle with addiction and the tenuous yet intimate community connections it gives them. The spirit of the Peel landscape informs both Tâs identity and the lives of the people he encounters and offers a way out.

Intimate with suffering and beauty, T is also at times transcendent. A contemporary novel with the urgency of what Daviesâ Candy, Kerouacâs On the Road, and Garnerâs Monkey Grip were to their own times.