BOOK LOOK: A NOVEL MIX

BOOK LOOK: New Releases

Selected upcoming reading from our new release notifications by Toby Preston.

THE GLAMOUR BOYS by Chris Bryant (Bloomsbury) A curious tale of unsung heroes from the WWII era. In the early 1930s, a group of young, queer British MPs visited Berlin. As Hitler rose to power, they watched the Nazis arrest their gay and Jewish friends, send them to concentration camps and murder them.

These men were some of the first to warn Britain about Hitler. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hated them. Branding them ‘the glamour boys’, he had them followed, harassed, spied upon and derided in the press.

Yet without them, Britain would have been drastically under prepared to face down the Nazis.

Based on years of archival research, this is a story of unsung bravery at a defining moment in Britain’s history. (Publication date: 1 December.)

SHELTER IN PLACE by David Leavitt (Bloomsbury) Described as a ‘wickedly funny and emotionally expansive’ this timely novel takes place after the 2016 US presidential election in a plush weekend house in Connecticut, as a group of New Yorkers gather to recover from what they consider the greatest political catastrophe of their lives.

Liberal and like-minded, the friends have come to the countryside in the hope of restoring the bubble in which they have grown used to living.

A slyly comic look at the shelter industry, Shelter in Place is a novel about house and home, furniture and rooms, safety and freedom and the insidious ways in which political upheaval can undermine even the most seemingly impregnable foundations. (Out 1 December) THE LAW OF INNOCENCE by Michael Connelly (Allen&Unwin) As a serious Michael Connelly fan, I pre-order all his books and am never disappointed. This new one promises to be just as enthralling.

Described as the heart-stopping new thriller from the number ione bestselling author, defence attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a client in the trunk of his Lincoln.

Obviously trouble lies ahead in The Law of Innocnce.

SELF HELP by Tanya Hennessy (Allen&Unwin)) From the bestselling author of AM I DOING THIS RIGHT? comes an honest, hilarious, entirely relatable illustrated guide to living life right. And wrong. If Amy Schumer and Rebel Wilson had a love child, you’d get Tanya Hennessy. A comedian, radio announcer and social media sensation, she’s won the Junkee Award for Breakthrough Artist, was nominated for Cosmo Woman of the Year, and won best radio documentary at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards.

PIERRE’S NOT THERE by Ursula Dubosarsky (Allen&Unwin) One to keep the kids amused. A girl who transforms into a dog, a magic puppet show with the power to change lives and a story about the mysteries of the imagination from Ursula Dubosarsky, the Australian Children’s Laureate, with pictures from the CBCA’s Crichton Award short-listed illustrator Christopher Nielsen. Ursula is the author of over 60 books for children and young adults and her work is published all over the world.