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Audacious, stimulating and ‘utterly bonkers’: Siang Lu, the thrilling new face of Australian literature
The award-winning author of The Whitewash takes his readers on wild rides where facts and fiction are often indistinguishable. He’s back with a new novel, containing secrets only he knows
Siang Lu’s writing is the work of a curious mind at play. His labyrinthine novels take the reader on wild rides as disparate threads collide in surprising, sometimes unhinged ways. When I imagine him writing them, I picture the meme of Charlie Day, maniacally connecting thoughts together with strings on a board.
“The meme is accurate,” Lu says, deadpan.
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