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The tender, sensual and moving novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap and Damascus. A compelling contemporary love story between two middle-aged men, told with grace, heart and wisdom.
*Shortlisted, Literary Fiction Book of the Year, ABIA Awards, 2024*
*Longlisted, Adult Fiction Book of the Year, BookPeople Book of the Year Awards, 2024*
*Selected as one of the Best Australian Fiction titles for 2023 by Readings Books*
No life is simple, and no life is without sorrow. No life is perfect.
Two middle-aged men meet on an internet date. Each has been scarred by a previous relationship; each has his own compelling reasons for giving up on the idea of finding love.
But still they both turn up for the dinner, feel the spark and the possibility of something more. Feel the fear of failing again, of being hurt and humiliated and further annihilated by love.
How can they take the risk of falling in love again. How can they not?
A tender, affecting novel of love, of hope, of forgiveness by one of our most fearless and truthful interpreters of the human heart, the acclaimed bestselling author of The Slap and Damascus.
Author: Christos Tsiolkas
Paperback Published 29 October 2024 400 pages
'The In-Between is a tale of halfway places and emotional purgatories: of middle age, middle politics and the middle classes. This novel is liminal in content but also in craft: evidence of a writer making the transition from cage rattler to elder statesman…the result is a novel that feels transgressive in its hope, rather than its bitterness. A humble book. A generous book. Perhaps his best.' – The Guardian Australia
'The In-Between is an intensely interior book with Tsiolkas's trademark unflinching intimacy and access to the thoughts, fears, rages and lusts of his characters…there are few writers better at capturing the quality of tenderness.' – The Saturday Paper
'Tender and touching…the emotional depth of his characters – male and female – is what impresses, and the ease with which he cinematically shifts focus on different characters as the narrative expands away from Australia seems particularly deft..' – The Sydney Morning Herald