This event sends the other characters "into a spiral, agonising and arguing over the notion that striking a child can ever be justified. The slapper is Harry, cousin of the barbecue host and adulterous businessman whose slightly older son, Rocco, is being threatened by Hugo. The child, Hugo, has been misbehaving without any intervention by his parents, "the steely-eyed Rosie and the wimpish Gary". The novel won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize in 2009, and was adapted into two miniseries, in Australia and the United States.Īt a barbecue in suburban Melbourne, a man slaps a 3-year-old boy across the face. The narrative is presented through the viewpoints of eight individual characters, and focuses on their reactions after a man controversially reprimands his friend's son by slapping him during a social gathering. The Slap is a 2008 novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas.
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