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Child's Play
Nov 24, 2025 6:10 PM

Author:David Malouf

Child's Play

In the streets of an ordinary Italian town, the people go about their everyday lives. In an old apartment block above them, a young man pores over photographs and plans, dedicated to his life's most important project. Day by day, in his imagination, he is rehearsing for his greatest performance. Yet when his moment comes, nothing could have prepared him for what happens...

Reviews

One of the most effective and penetrating studies of being a fanatic

—— Financial Times

Written with the beautiful claity and sharp edges of a cut crystal

—— Sunday Telegraph

Malouf is a lyrical story-writer, making music of long, clause-enriched sentences, yet one of his strengths is his ability to manage contrasts

—— Sydney Morning Herald

A lively thriller of sexual politics and morality. Elton's best book yet

—— Elle

Addictive

—— Metro

Praise for Lisa Jewell

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Terrific

—— Sunday Times

The best romantic comedy we've read in ages

—— Company

Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun

—— Sunday Express

A triumph

—— Hello

Top marks. Fantastic

—— Heat

Lovely

—— Daily Telegraph

Moving and intelligent

—— Independent

Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners

—— Cosmopolitan

Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction

—— Glamour

Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into

—— Sunday Telegraph
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