A Private Man
 First edition | |
| Author | Malcolm Knox |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, Australia |
Publication date | 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 385 |
| ISBN | 174051243X |
| Preceded by | Summerland |
| Followed by | Jamaica |
A Private Man (2004) is a crime novel by Australian author Malcolm Knox. It won the 2005 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel.
Plot summary[edit]
Dr John Brand has been dead for two days and his eldest son, Davis, suspects a cover-up. Another son, Chris, is batting to save his career in the Sydney Test, and a neglected third, Hammett, lurks in the background. During the five days of the cricket match, the family struggles with the death and its recriminations.
Reviews[edit]
Simon Caterson in The Age notes that the novel "makes the audacious thematic move of presenting porn as a male obsession as widespread as porn's much more socially acceptable entertainment counterpart, sport".[1]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- 2005 winner Ned Kelly Award — Best First Novel[2]
- 2005 commended Commonwealth Writers Prize — South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best Book
- 2005 shortlisted Tasmania Pacific Region Prize — Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize
- 2005 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2005 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
- 2006 longlisted International Dublin Literary Award
References[edit]
- ^ "Porn again writers", The Age, 8 February 2004
- ^ "A Private Man". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Archived from the original on 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-08-20.