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  • Published: 23 July 2014
  • ISBN: 9780670077090
  • Imprint: Hamish Hamilton
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $29.99
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Here Come The Dogs




In small town suburbia, three young men are ready to make their mark.

In small town suburbia, three young men are ready to make their mark.

Solomon is all charisma, authority and charm, down for the moment but surely not out. His half-brother, Jimmy, bounces along in his wake, underestimated, waiting for his chance to announce himself. Aleks, their childhood friend, loves his mates, his family and his homeland, and would do anything for them. The question is, does he know where to draw the line?

Solomon, Jimmy and Aleks: way out on the fringe of Australia, looking for a way in. Hip hop and graffiti give them a voice. Booze, women and violence pass the time while they wait for their chance. Under the oppressive summer sun, their town has turned tinder-dry. All it'll take is a spark.

As the surrounding hills roar with flames, the change storms in. But it's not what they were waiting for. It never is.

  • Published: 23 July 2014
  • ISBN: 9780670077090
  • Imprint: Hamish Hamilton
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

Omar Musa

Omar Musa is a Bornean-Australian author, visual artist and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has released four poetry books (including Killernova), four hip-hop records, and received a standing ovation at TEDx Sydney at the Sydney Opera House.

His debut novel Here Come the Dogs was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and Miles Franklin Award and he was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015.

His one-man play, Since Ali Died, won Best Cabaret Show at the Sydney Theatre Awards in 2018. He has had several solo exhibitions of his woodcut prints.

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Praise for Here Come The Dogs

Omar Musa's writing is tough and tender, harsh and poetic, raw and beautiful, it speaks to how we live and dream now. This novel broke my heart a little but it also made me ecstatic at the possibilities of what the best writing can do. His voice is genuine, new and exciting; his voice roars.

Christos Tsiolkas

Awards & recognition

ACT Book of the Year Award (Australia)

Winner  •  2015  •  People's Choice

NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Shortlisted  •  2015  •  Glenda Adams Award for New Writing