![]() ![]() Silvey has a gift for utterly realistic conversation that I have rarely seen. The plot may be a little familiar but it is the dialogue that is the shining light of this novel. Young teenager Charlie Bucktin, woken in the middle of the night by the intriguing, half indigenous Jasper Jones, is led to a gruesome discovery, a secret burden that only the two of them will carry for the summer. It was also short listed for the Miles Franklin Award. They include ABIA Book of the Year, Winner of the Booksellers Choice Awards and Australian Independent Booksellers Award. The accolades it has garnered are indeed impressive and far too many to record here, but for the interested they are fully listed on the Allen and Unwin website. It is what I call a creeper, beginning slowly, a couple of sales a week, and then suddenly I look now and see an empty space every five days or so where we have sold out. He said, “I’ve already read it, and I don’t normally read books and I want to buy it for my mate, ‘cause he doesn’t read either but it’s a really good book”.Īnd after finishing it myself I can certainly concur. ![]() Very late one night (we close at midnight on weekends) a breathless, long-haired, skateboarding teenager galloped into the shop and asked for a copy. ![]() I’ve been watching sales of Jasper Jones over the past two years with interest. ![]()
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