Dark Places - Kate Grenville

Dark Places

By: Kate Grenville

Paperback | 2 February 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction

Albion Gidley Singer creates his world as a vast collection of facts—facts he uses to support his own power and status. After an awkward childhood, aware that he is a disappointment to his father, he acquires, the trappings of respectability—success in business, a family. But beneath his comically grand exterior Albion’s soul remains a dark place of fear and loathing, driving him to terrifying deeds.

Kate Grenville, author of the award-winning The Secret River, takes us inside the mind of one of her most powerful creations: a man who can persuade himself that he has the right, perhaps even the duty, to conquer and subdue the mocking flesh of any woman. Even his daughter Lilian…the unforgettable character Grenville introduced in her brilliant debut Lilian’s Story.

Praise for Dark Places:

‘This is a dark tale, told with surprising humour.’ — New Yorker

‘A compelling narrative, rendered with compassion.’ — Newsday

‘The ambition behind it is met at almost every point by Grenville’s talent: unmistakable voice, solid intelligence, beautiful sharp language.’ — Sunday Age

About The Author

Kate Grenville's works include Lilian's Story, Dark Places, Joan Makes History, The Idea of Perfection (winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction), and The Secret River (winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the NSW Premier's Literary Award, and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize).

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