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Sam Carmody Caroline Beecham Nicholas Lee Richie 'Vas' Vaculik AUGUST 2016 Bram Connolly n ew book s MAGGIE'S KITCHEN THE FIGHTING SEASON Caroline Beecham Bram Connolly ALLEN & UNWIN ALLEN & UNWIN 9781760293048 | $29.99 | | PB | FICTION 9781760290382 | $29.99 | | PB | FICTION They might all travel the same scarred and An explosive thriller from the heart of ALLEN & UNWIN shattered streets on their way to work, but once Afghanistan by a former Special Forces they entered Maggie's Kitchen, it was somehow Commando as if the rest of the world didn't exist. Afghanistan, 2010. Matt Rix is the platoon When the British Ministry of Food urgently calls commander of Yankee Platoon, an Australian for the opening of restaurants to feed tired and Special Forces Unit operating within the badlands hungry Londoners during WWII, Maggie Johnson of Uruzghan Provence. At the beginning of its seems close to realising a long-held dream. six-month deployment, one of the platoon's vehicles is destroyed by a huge roadside bomb Navigating a constant tangle of government red- and a popular member of the platoon is killed. tape, Maggie's Kitchen finally opens its doors to Objective Rapier, a shadowy Taliban commander, the public and Maggie finds that she has a most is identified as the most likely culprit, and Rix unexpected problem. Her restaurant has become vows to pursue him across the troubled country so popular that she simply can't find enough until he is neutralised. But things are not at all food to keep up with the demand for meals. what they seem. In the end, Matt is left with only one choice, follow the rules and survive With the help of twelve-year-old Robbie, a street Afghanistan, or gamble everything in an effort to urchin, and Janek, a Polish refugee dreaming of beat Rapier at his own game. returning to his native land, she evades threats of closure from the Ministry. But breaking the Bram Connolly is a decorated former Australian rules is not the only thing she has to worry Special Forces commander and veteran of about. as Maggie fights to keep her beloved several tours of Afghanistan. He was featured in Kitchen open, she discovers that some secrets Chris Masters' Uncommon Soldier. have the power to change everything. 2 THE WINDY SEASON STORM AND GRACE ALLEN & UNWIN Sam Carmody Kathryn Heyman ALLEN & UNWIN ALLEN & UNWIN 9781743313633 | $29.99 | | PB | FICTION 9781760111564 | $29.99 | | PB | FICTION Their love knows no limits but the further you go, From an impressive new voice in Australian the more dangers there are—A literary thriller in literature, a novel where safe harbour seems the tradition of Before I Go to Sleep always just out of reach World-famous free-diver Storm Hisray hits Grace A young fisherman is missing from the crayfish Cain like a bolt from the blue. Instantly smitten, boats in the harsh West Australian coastal town she follows him to his idyllic Pacific island of Stark. There's no trace at all of Elliot, hasn't where he teaches her the ways of the deep, been for some weeks and Paul, his younger sinking to unimaginable depths on one single brother, is the only one who seems to be active breath. As Storm begins training Grace to be in the search. Taking Elliot's place on their his new star, she is pushed further and further antagonistic cousin's boat, Paul soon learns beyond her limits —both in and out of the water. how many opportunities there are to get lost in As her resistance grows, Storm's temper takes those many thousands of kilometres of lonely a frightening turn. Grace fears she is in more coastline. Fierce, evocative and memorable, this dangerous water than she has ever imagined. is an Australian story set within an often wild and She prepares for one last, desperate descent unforgiving sea, where mysterious influences are which will make both of their careers. But is brought to bear on the inhospitable town and its death ready to be defied? Narrated by a chorus residents. of mesmerising sirens, Storm and Grace explores the dazzling thrill of the deep, and its dangers. Sam Carmody is a writer and award-winning musician from the central coast of Western Kathryn Heyman is the award-winning author of Australia. The Windy Season was shortlisted for five novels, including Floodline, The Accomplice the 2014 Vogel's Literary Award. and Captain Starlight's Apprentice, published internationally and in translation. 3 THE MEMORY STONES SWEETBITTER Caroline Brothers Stephanie Danler BLOOMSBURY BLOOMSBURY 9781408872826 | $27.99 | | PB | FICTION 9781786070128 | $27.99 | | PB | FICTION A sweeping, epic story of a family tragedy whose A startling and stylish novel for anyone who has ALLEN & UNWIN consequences echo throughout generations ever been in love and who loves food Buenos Aires, 1976. The garbage collectors Shot from a mundane, provincial past, twenty- haven't been since the military coup, and rubbish two-year-old Tess comes to New York to look builds up in the street. The Ferrero family for a life she can't define. After she stumbles escape to the lush expanse of Tigre. Osvaldo, a into a coveted job at a renowned restaurant, she distinguished middle-aged doctor, and his wife learns the chaotic, punishing, privileged life of Yolanda, gather with their daughters, sensible a 'backwaiter' on duty and off. Her appetites— Julieta and the beautiful, wilful Graciela. It will for food, wine, knowledge, and every kind of be the last time they are all together. For on experience—are awakened. And she's pulled their return, the military junta starts tightening into the magnetic thrall of two other servers; its grip on the nation, and Osvaldo is forced to a handsome bartender she falls hard for, and flee. Exiled, he can only listen to Yolanda's tales an older woman she latches onto with an of the terror that descends as friends disappear orphan's ardour. These two and their enigmatic overnight, leaving Osvaldo with nothing to do connection to each other will prove to be Tess's but witness the slow disintegration of his family hardest lesson of all. Sweetbitter is a story of from afar. Beautifully written, carefully observed, discovery, enchantment and the power of what The Memory Stones is a devastating portrait of remains after disillusionment. one family's unbearable loss, and a country's resounding silence. Stephanie Danler is a ‘backwaiter’ with an MFA in Fiction. She lives in New York. Caroline Brothers is Editor at the International New York Times and the author of Hinterland. Born in Australia, she lives in Paris. 4 ALLEN & UNWIN WILDE LAKE BEAST THE SUPERNOTES AFFAIR Laura Lippman Paul Kingsnorth Agent Kasper FABER FABER CANONGATE 9780571321759 | $29.99 | | PB | CRIME FICTION 9780571322077 | $29.99 | | HB | FICTION 9781782115731 | $19.99 | | PB | FICTION Luisa 'Lu' Brant is the first female state Beast plunges you into the world of Edward Agent Kasper is kidnapped in Cambodia attorney of Howard County. Fiercely Buckmaster, a man alone on a west country when he uncovers something so terrible ambitious, she sees an opportunity to make moor in search of enlightenment. What he that the intelligence service he works for her name by trying a drifter accused of has left behind we don't yet know, but will wants him dead. In the squalor of one of the murder. But the case dredges up painful discover; what he faces is an existential world's most notorious prison camps, the memories of the night when her brother, AJ, battle with himself, the elements, and with corrupt guards sent to execute him spot an saved his friend at the cost of another's life. something he begins to see on the margins opportunity and wonder—is Kasper worth Now, Lu wonders if the events happened as of his vision: some creature that is tracking more alive? Based on a true story, this is she remembers. Even if she could learn the him, the pursuit of which will become an the page-turning and nail-biting read of an whole truth, she probably wouldn't want to. obsession. This short, shocking, exhilarating innocent man's determination to survive. A An evocative, psychologically complex story novel is the second book in the acclaimed bestseller in Italy, movie rights have been in the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird. Buckmaster Trilogy. acquired for a Hollywood film. Laura Lippman is the multi-award-winning, Paul Kingsnorth is the author of the 2014 Agent Kasper was one of the most effective New York Times-bestselling author of After Booker-longlisted The Wake. operatives of Italy's secret services. He lives I'm Gone, And When She Was Good, and outside Rome. What the Dead Know. She lives in New Orleans and New York. 5 ALLEN & UNWIN UNDYING DO NOT SAY WE HAVE THE TIDAL ZONE A love story NOTHING Sarah Moss Michel Faber Madeleine Thien GRANTA CANONGATE GRANTA WW | $27.99 | | PB | FICTION 9781782118541 | $24.99 | | HB | POETRY 9781783782666 | $27.99 | | PB | FICTION A poignant, funny and engrossing How can you say goodbye to the love of your exploration of family life, centred around life? In Undying Michel Faber honours the An epic and resonant novel about the far- reaching effects of China's revolutionary a cataclysmic event and its aftermath; memory of his wife, who died after a six-year The Tidal Zone explores parental love, battle with cancer. Bright, tragic, candid history, told through the stories of two interlinked musical families, from the 1940s overwhelming fear, illness and recovery. It is and true, these poems are an exceptional about clever teenagers and the challenges chronicle of what it means to find the love to the present day.