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Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965-
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Swimmers -- Fiction.
Swimming -- Training -- Fiction.
Competition (Psychology) in adolescence -- Fiction.
Forgiveness -- Fiction.
Private schools -- Australia -- Fiction.
Melbourne (Vic.) -- Fiction.
Australia -- Fiction.
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Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965-
Swimmers -- Fiction.
Swimming -- Training -- Fiction.
Competition (Psychology) in adolescence -- Fiction.
Forgiveness -- Fiction.
Private schools -- Australia -- Fiction.
Melbourne (Vic.) -- Fiction.
Australia -- Fiction.
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Barracuda
/ Christos Tsiolkas.
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Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965-
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., 2014, c2013.
Call #:
FICTION TSI
Subjects
Swimmers -- Fiction.
Swimming -- Training -- Fiction.
Competition (Psychology) in adolescence -- Fiction.
Forgiveness -- Fiction.
Private schools -- Australia -- Fiction.
Melbourne (Vic.) -- Fiction.
Australia -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781443424844 (2015 HarperPerennial trade pbk.)
9781443424837 (trade pbk.)
Description:
515 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Australia by Allen & Unwin: 2013"--T.p. verso.
Summary:
From the award-winning author of THE SLAP, a powerfully moving story of forgiveness and a young man's struggle towards maturity.
BARRACUDA
tells the story of Danny, a talented young swimmer. Competitive swimming is the route from his working-class upbringing to, he hopes, fame and fortune, as well as his revenge on the rich boys at the Melbourne private school to which he has won a sports scholarship. But at his first big international championship, he places only fifth, and from that point he begins to destroy everything he has fought for and turn on everyone around him.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
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