Philanthropy

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2004 Shortlist

	*Elizabeth Costello* JM Coetzee (Knopf) “Elizabeth Costello is a demanding and rewarding work, by one of the best novelists currently writing in English.” To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	My Life as a Fake Peter Carey (Knopf) “My Life as a Fake is a marvellous tale, complex, tricky and exotic with a myriad of finely crafted voices. It leaves us in no doubt that Peter Carey is one of our great writers.” To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*Seven Types of Ambiguity* Elliot Perlman (Picador) “Seven Types of Ambiguity is a sensitive, clear-eyed account of modern life's two cornerstones – love and work - and of what happens when they begin to crumble.” To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*Slow Water* Annamarie Jagose (Vintage) “Slow Water is one of those rare novels which remains true to its historical period while at the same time bringing its scenes and characters vividly to life.” To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*The Great Fire* Shirley Hazzard (Virago Press) Please refer to 2004 winner’s page.
	*Three Dog Night* Peter Goldsworthy (Viking) “All Goldsworthy's skills as a poet and librettist are deployed in his most recent fiction. Three Dog Night is a novel of here and now, at once lyrical and confronting.” To read more about this novel, please enter here.