
This House of Grief
The Story of a Murder Trial
by Helen Garner
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Pub Date 26 Feb 2015 | Archive Date 02 Feb 2015
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Description
In this utterly compelling book, Helen Garner tells the story of a man and his broken life. At its core is a search for truth that takes author and reader through complex psychological terrain. Garner exposes, with great compassion, that truth and justice are as complex as human frailty and morality.
Part of a nonfiction tradition that began with Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and continues in the works of Janet Malcolm, Erroll Morris, and others.
Helen Garner, born in 1942, is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction. Her most recent novel The Spare Room was published to critical acclaim in 2010.
A Note From the Publisher
Released in the US and Canada 7 April 2015, pbk, US$16.95
Advance Praise
‘A gripping account of
a murder trial in which few of the participants act and react in ways we might
predict. It’s an examination not just of what happened, but also of what we
prefer to believe and what we cannot face believing.’ —Julian Barnes, Books of the Year, TLS
‘There is something compulsive and sheer in her desire to bear witness to the darkest deeds of the heart, to experience the ordeal of justice as it brings them to the light. The twists and turns of this true-crime story are, in Garner’s hands, more engrossing and dramatic than any thriller.’ Sydney Morning Herald
‘Clear-eyed and deeply moving...Garner’s skills as a novelist combine with her journalistic incisiveness to give a vivid, compassionate and complex assessment of the crime and the societal issues surrounding it.’ NZ Herald
Praise for Helen Garner's The Spare Room:
"Helen Garner is a great writer." Peter Carey
"Swift, beautiful, and relentless." Alice Sebold
"The Joan Didion of Australia." Los Angeles Times
"Truthful, fearless, passionate." Kate Grenville
Marketing Plan
ACCLAIMED AUTHOR: Helen Garner's THE SPARE ROOM was published in the US by Picador in 2010, to a cascade of praise.
GENRE-DEFYING: Garner turns her attention to one of the most tragic
cases in Australian criminal history, and brings her rare insight and
integrity to an investigation of the nature of truth and justice. Her
non-fiction reads like a novel and shines a torch into the gray lands of
morality.
Garner exposes, with great compassion, that
truth and justice are as complex as human frailty and morality—and that
there are some cases in which 'justice' can never do justice.
Part of a powerful tradition of investigative and reflective nonfiction
that began with Truman Capote's IN COLD BLOOD and has continued in the
works of Janet Malcolm, Erroll Morris and others.
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781922079206 |
PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |