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This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event.

In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires.

What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.]]> 61015 3.47 367 116 2008 1208928 0099757710 9780099757719 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181881571m/1208928.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181881571s/1208928.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1208928.Loaded 3.51 39 61015 3.47 367 116 1999 2883972 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219976251m/2883972.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219976251s/2883972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2883972.Dead_Europe 3.77 31 61015 3.47 367 116 2005 1291102 0091839424 9780091839420 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1291102.The_Jesus_Man 3.30 10 61015 3.47 367 116 1999 1291100 0091833310 9780091833312 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236694266m/1291100.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236694266s/1291100.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1291100.Jump_cuts 4.40 5 61015 3.47 367 116 1996 6061792 1741755026 9781741755022 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6061792.Tolerance_Prejudice_and_Fear_Sydney_Pen_Voices_the_3_Writers_Project 2.00 1 61015 3.47 367 116 2008 1291101 0868196711 9780868196718 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182539201m/1291101.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182539201s/1291101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1291101.The_Devil_s_Playground_ 0.0 0 61015 3.47 367 116 2002 5874365 0207186308 9780207186301 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5874365.Republica_Scarred_for_Life_3 0.0 0 1566683 0.0 0 0 956973 3.40 15 3 556245 4.00 8 3 470364 4.14 200 57 30623 4.67 3 1 61015 3.47 367 116 1995