Cooee
Vivienne Kelly
Shortlisted, Age Book of the Year 2009
'How masterfully Vivienne Kelly turns the screws in this drolly gothic morality tale ... Cooee is a tantalising story of denial, delusion and suspense by a wonderfully fresh and confident new voice.'
Cate Kennedy"I absolutely loved Cooee by Vivienne Kelly, who writes so incredibly well. It's sort of a dark and elegant literary mystery.'
Wendy Harmer, author and comedian'Kelly has done a wonderful job of maintaining a compelling narrative voice and adding a blackly funny element into the bargain.'
Kerryn Goldsworthy (Sydney Morning Herald)Isabel Weaving is not quite who she seems. True, she’s a daughter, a sister, a mother and an ex-wife, having escaped one unsatisfactory marriage, although not with her relationships with her children intact. Her second husband, Max, is the love of her life but is no longer around, the grief caused by his absence made bearable only by the visits of her beloved granddaughter. Gradually and unwittingly, Isabel discloses more about herself, her family and the enigmatic Max.
This dark and elegant literary mystery will have you gasping at its unexpected revelations, but also doubled over at Isabel’s blackly comic wit.
'Cooee is an unexpected delight.'
(Herald Sun)'An ebulliently clever black comedy ... acid at its corrosively elegant, equivocal and entertaining best.'
Katharine England (Adelaide Advertiser)'Combining great wit and deft plotting, a dark and compelling mystery unfolds. In a word: Elegant.'
(Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin)'This book sneaks up on you and just when you’re not expecting it, it catches you on the back of the neck like a sandbag. . . it’s a masterful first novel.'
Mary Vernon (Townsville Bulletin)'... cool, spiky, relentlessly analytical prose.'
Jo Case (The Age)'Cooee is a sophisticated and engaging first novel, reminiscent of Ian McEwan’s Amsterdam. Vivienne Kelly has a brilliant career ahead of her.'
Ariella Van Luyn (Media Culture Reviews)Vivienne Kelly
Vivienne Kelly's fiction has appeared in Best Australian Stories, and in 2008 she won The Australian Women’s Weekly/Penguin short story competition. Her first novel Cooee was shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year 2009.
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Extent: 320pp
Size: 234mm x 153mm
ISBN (13): 9781921372186
RRP: $32.95
Pub date: November 2008
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