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Barracuda / Christos Tsiolkas.

Barracuda / Christos Tsiolkas.
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Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date
F TSIO
 Adult Fiction   Adult Lending . On Loan . 31 May 2024
Reserve Title Catalogue Record 775045
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ISBN 9781760293253 (paperback)
Classification F TSIO
Personal Name Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965-
Title Barracuda / Christos Tsiolkas.
Production & Copyright Details Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
©2013
Physical Description 516 pages ; 20 cm
Content type text
Note First published: 2013.
Summary Note He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close...His whole life, Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done-every thought, every dream, every action-takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment...His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys-he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all...He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm...Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person?
Subject - Topical Term Families -- Australia -- Fiction
Swimmers -- Australia -- Fiction
Australian fiction
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