Last Stop Salina Cruz, , The Travellers Bookstore, Melbourne, Australia

Funny and compelling, Lale's stunning debut novel is a masterpiece of comical and creative misery. Fleeing life and the death of his father, the narrator embarks on a journey retracing the footsetps of a real-life malcontent and misanthrope, Arthur Cravan, Oscar Wilde's nephew. A critic, poet, boxer and Dadaist anti-hero, Cravan had a short and spectacular life. Along the way, over three continents, the protagonist meets a range of characters till his journey ends at the desolate oil town of Salina Cruz, where the purpose of his journey becomes apparent. * National literary reviews.