PublishedSeizure, September 2016 |
ISBN9781925143225 |
FormatSoftcover, 210 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.8cm |
Winner of the 2016 Seizure Viva La Novella Prize Nick is treading water. No boyfriend. No career. Living in a granny flat in Coburg. On a whim he decides to travel with his twin sister, Amira, to Lebanon in search of their estranged father. Their mother, who has passed away a couple of years earlier, only ever referred to their father as the kalb - the dog - they know next to nothing about him.
In Beirut Nick and Amira find family, a sense of belonging and surprising answers to questions they hadn't known to ask. With a razor-sharp wit, incisive social critiques and intensity of feeling, Populate and Perish announces George Haddad as an important new player on the Australian literary scene.
