- Published: 4 February 2020
- ISBN: 9780143792086
- Imprint: Bantam Australia
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $32.99
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- Published: 4 February 2020
- ISBN: 9780143792086
- Imprint: Bantam Australia
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $32.99
Riptides is an absolute tour de force, a tempest of a novel that examines the fragility and strength of family, the impacts of our decisions, truth and lies, loyalty and betrayal, set against the backdrop of the pyrotechnic mid-1970s in Queensland… Beating beneath it all is that universal question – what does it mean to be human? I found Riptides simply unputdownable.
Matthew Condon
Riptides is set in Australia in 1974 and 1975. These were the years of early disco, pop, funk, reggae, glam rock, hard rock, and heavy metal. Punk and hip-hop were on the horizon. Film scores were elevated to art form. The two narrators of Riptides are in their mid-twenties when the story opens. This is the music they listen to and love.