WINNER OF THE OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS 2019 WINNER OF THE NEW ZEALAND BOOKLOVERS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 WINNER OF THE NZ HERITAGE BOOK AWARDS 2018 'Kidman's prose is precise, detailed, lyric... The fluencies and hard-won command of a good writer bring out their own truth' Irish Times 'Powerfully explores the ways that young men and women... were demonised by politicians... a really moving book' @SamiraAhmed 'Perfectly captures the life of a young immigrant while taking a sharp look at New Zealand's social history ... Moving, compelling and ultimately tragic' Liz Nugent, author of Unravelling Oliver 'In This Mortal Boy, Fiona Kidman has written an intensely human and empathetic story' The Ockham Book Awards 'Utterly gripping and tense... This is an excoriating repudiation of the death penalty not because it is emotional but because it is cool, analytical, evidence based and well reasoned' NB 'This Mortal Boy is a simple riveting and compulsive page-turner of a read from beginning to end' Midwest Review of Books 'Like Hilary Mantel, she writes with acute observation and attention to detail, getting inside the skin of her characters to establish a deeper truth about their thoughts and feelings than any official record can' New Zealand Books `Believable, insightful ... an important book' Australian Women's Weekly `A tale about violent acts that is infused with humanity and compassion' New Zealand Listener Praise for All Day at the Movies: `It is a universal and honest book and one I'm sure you'll want to share and discuss. (...) What you get when reading All Day at the Movies is an intimate portrait of one family over time, trying to reach back to the past for some fragment of understanding' San Francisco Book Review `A credible reflection of real life with many relatable issues, All Day at the Movies proves that Kidman is a masterful storyteller' The Lady `A truly gifted writer. She explores the subtleties of human interaction and family with a deft and insightful hand' Trip Fiction Praise for Songs from the Violet Cafe: `Kidman, a poet, is a beautiful writer' The Times `Readers are in good hands; like all Kidman's writing, it is engaging and captivating' The Lady `Absorbing and fearlessly written. Beautifully executed!' Caroline Wallace, author of The Drowning of Arthur Braxton `Fiona Kidman has written a subtle, intensely wrought novel of echoes and shadows falling across decades and continents. The interwoven lives emerge and disappear with the abrupt clarity of memory. Stark and unsentimental in its acceptance of dependence, warm and haunting about lives never quite -but almost-reclaimed' Janet Todd, author of A Man of Genius Praise for The Infinite Air: `A fascinating read' Red Magazine `A gripping historical read' Woman's Own `A thrilling tale of adventure and heartbreak - Kidman has triumphantly brought this inspirational heroine to life' The Lady `The extraordinary story of an extraordinary woman' Irish News `Remarkable' Saturday Magazine
Paddy Black killed a man. But does he deserve to hang? Market: Maggie O'Farrell, Anne Enright * Compelling courtroom drama with emotional heart * Based on real case which the author is campaigning to be considered a miscarriage of justice. Current interest in true crime cases eg Serial, Making a Murderer * The events in the novel contributed to the abolition of the death penalty in New Zealand - an account of Albert Black's hanging was so harrowing it contributed to a tide of revulsion against the death penalty * Kidman is brilliant at imagining the lives of real people - as she did with aviator Jean Batten in The Infinite Air. She is drawn to outsiders facing prejudice and injustice, often depicting women's experience - so choosing to focus on the life of young man Albert Black is a departure for her * New Zealand's foremost literary fiction writer - award-winning, Legion d'honneur, OBE. Building profile outside ANZ - The Times called her 'a beautiful writer' * Insight into fascinating period of recent history which the author lived through, when teenagers like her in 1950s New Zealand were demonized and moral panic spread. * Northern Irish connection - current interest in Northern Ireland (success of Milkman by Anna Burns, Booker Prize). The author travelled to Northern Ireland to research the book and was in contact with family members of those involved in the case.
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