Set in the Dandenongs after the Depression, Castro’s sublime new novel revolves around Swan Hay, a Chinese-Australian married to Darcy Damon. She writes poems on leaves, and becomes a celebrated literary figure while remaining hidden and in danger at home. Fifty years after her disappearance, a librarian pieces her life together, unearthing a powerful story of addiction, obsession and prejudice.
Miles Franklin Shortlist 2006
The Garden Book
$39.95 – Paperback / Giramondo Publishing Co
Set in the Dandenongs between the Depression and World War II, this book revolves around Swan Hay, the daughter of a Chinese schoolteacher, and her relationships with brutal bushman Darcy Damon, and an American aviator and... Buy or find out more→
Brian Castro
Drift
$24.95 – Paperback / Wakefield Press
B.S. Johnson is receiving disturbing letters from Tasmania which echo the past, full of horrendous tales of aboriginal life in the early 19th century. He responds by going there to find out for himself, entering the world of... Buy or find out more→
Shanghai Dancing
$39.95 – Paperback / Giramondo Publishing Co
This is the new epic novel by multi award winning Australian author Brian Castro. It is perhaps his most important work, a fictional autobiography and loosely based on the rich and painful history of his own extended family. Buy or find out more→
The Garden Book
$39.95 – Paperback / Giramondo Publishing Co
Set in the Dandenongs between the Depression and World War II, this book revolves around Swan Hay, the daughter of a Chinese schoolteacher, and her relationships with brutal bushman Darcy Damon, and an American aviator and... Buy or find out more→
The Bath Fugues
$29.95 – Paperback / Giramondo Publishing Co
A meditation on melancholy and art, in the form of three interwoven novellas, centred respectively on an ageing art forger; a Portuguese poet, opium addict and art collector; and a doctor, who has built an art gallery in tropical... Buy or find out more→