The brand new novel from the Australian author of }The Slap{, which was a phenomenal bestseller, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was adapted into a TV series. This novel centres on a young swimmer who has one chance to escape his working class background, but melts down in his first big international championship. It will be launched with a high-profile outdoor advertising campaign, and major online marketing activity, and Tsiolkas will be in the UK on publication.