Barracuda review – Christos Tsiolkas's unsettling portrait of failure
A swimming prodigy fails to realise his potential in this deeply involving follow-up to The Slap, writes Sophia Martelli
May 2014
Lisa Cholodenko to direct TV version of bestselling novel The Slap
The Kids Are All Right director will adapt Christos Tsiolkas' novel The Slap for US network NBC, after it became one of the most-discussed books of recent years
January 2014
Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas – review
Christos Tsiolkas's followup to his much-acclaimed hit The Slap is another startling, profound novel about modern Australia, writes Mark Lawson
December 2013
Book club
Book Club with Christos Tsiolkas
Join the author for a discussion of his award-winning novel The Slap at The Guardian on 21 January
March 2013
What I'm thinking about ... men turning 40
Peter Robb: Why is 40 such a critical age? An encounter with Alex Dimitriades, an actor resurrecting his career, offered some answers
December 2011
TV review
TV review: The Slap; Up in Flames: Mr Reeves and the Riots; and MasterChef: the Professionals
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October 2011
Observer New Review Q&A
Christos Tsiolkas: 'There's a tameness to the modern novel'
The Greek-Australian author of The Slap tells Elizabeth Day about the joys of moussaka, the crisis in Greece and seeing his characters on a TV screen
Observer TV reviews
Rewind TV: Death in Paradise; The Slap; Frozen Planet; Spooks – review
Ben Miller is convincing as a detective transferred from Croydon to the Caribbean, while The Slap could be a hit for BBC4, writes Phil Hogan
TV review
TV review: The Slap; The Future State of Welfare; Panorama – Dale Farm: the Big Eviction
The Slap is a morality play that will provoke debate. Should a child have been slapped? Personally, I'm for hitting the parents
February 2011
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice
Audiobooks
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice: The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Slap and Silence
August 2010
The Slap, a novel that is bringing out the worst in the middle class
William Skidelsky
Will Skidelsky: More than any recent work of fiction, The Slap is a novel about the failings of middle-class life, particularly liberalism
Slap author Christos Tsiolkas takes swipe at 'dry' European fiction
European books are 'academic in a cheap, shitey way', says Australian who wrote Booker-longlisted novel The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas: 'There's love in this book'
Booker-longlisted novel The Slap has been described as a 'modern masterpiece' and 'unbelievably misogynistic'. Christos Tsiolkas is pleased it is making readers angry
July 2010
Booker-longlisted novel The Slap is 'most divisive in years'
Panel's chairman defends portrayal of 'curdled love' as reviews range from excitement to criticism of 'unbelievable misogyny'
May 2010
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Jane Smiley enjoys an energetic exposé of the tensions in multicultural Australia
May 2009
Australian takes Commonwealth writers' prize
Christos Tsiolkas wins £10,000 award for novel The Slap
