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Peter Goldsworthy

Peter Goldsworthy grew up in various Australian country towns, finishing his schooling in Darwin. After graduating in medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1974 he worked for several years in alcohol and drug rehabilitation, but since then has divided his working time between general practice and writing. He has won major literary awards across a range of genres: poetry, short story, novels, theatre, and opera libretti. Goldsworthy's novels have sold over 400 000 copies in Australia alone, and have been translated into European and Asian languages. His novels have three times been shortlisted for the NSW Christina Stead Fiction Prize, and twice for the Miles Franklin Award. Three Dog Night won the 2004 FAW Christina Stead Award, and was longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC prize. In 2003, his first novel, Maestro, was voted by members of the Australian Society of Authors as one of the Top 40 Australian books of all time. Five of his novels have been adapted for stage and screen. Everything I Knew, published in 2008, was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Fiction Prize. A collection of short stories, Gravel, was published in 2010.

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Title:

Minotaur

Written by:

Peter Goldsworthy 

Read by:

Toby Schmitz; Sharon Hunter 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

8 

Duration:

9 hours 3 minutes 

Published:

July 16 2019 

Available Date:

July 16 2019 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9780655615071 

Genres:

Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Detective; Literary Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Penguin Audio Australia 

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AUD$ 39.95

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A gritty and clever thriller from bestselling Australian author Peter Goldsworthy.

Detective Sergeant Rick Zadow is angry, unmotivated, unwashed, unkempt, and almost entirely reliant on his guide dog, Scout, and voice-controlled personal assistant Siri to make it through each day: one a voice without a body, the other a body without a voice. Left blind after a bullet wound to the head two years before, he is caught up in a workers’ compensation battle between two psychiatrists – one acting for him, and one appointed by WorkCover – over how much compo he should be awarded. Reminders of his former life keep on tripping Rick up. His wife has moved out, and another former passion of his life – a legendary Ducati motorbike he was halfway through restoring – sits abandoned in the back shed. All of which is the background to the central story: the breakout from jail of the man who shot him, and who is seeking to finish the job … Part laugh-out-loud comedy, part deadly serious study of revenge, part love story, this unique novel from one of our finest writers is also a slow, crabwise journey of self-discovery. As Rick navigates his sense-world (smell, sound, touch, taste . . . and finally, sight), there is a sixth sense he must also learn to trust – his gut instinct – which might just turn out to be his best.

'Hardboiled thriller, psychological comedy, myth – once again his literary insights are the boldest and most original around.'
Rob Drewe