Kokomo

De: Victoria Hannan

Narrado por: Liesl Pieterse

'It does not disappoint.' - The Guardian

When Mina receives an urgent call from her best friend back in Melbourne, her world is turned upside down. Her reclusive mother, Elaine, has left the house for the first time in twelve years.

Mina drops everything to fly home, only to discover that Elaine will not talk about her sudden return to the world, nor why she's spent so much time hiding from it. Their reunion leaves Mina raking through pieces of their painful past in a bid to uncover the truth.

Both tender and fierce, heartbreaking and funny, Kokomo is a story about how secrets and love have the power to bring us together and tear us apart.

'A timely song of secrets, sex and the meaning of love' - Sydney Morning Herald

'A coming-of-age novel for the Peter Pan generation, Kokomo juggles the dissatisfactions of sex, marriage, and corporate ambition with deceptive lightness and radiant empathy. Reading this book felt like drinking with friends in a cozy pub until last call; I emerged from it shiny-faced, unbothered by the cold, wanting more.' - Laura Elizabeth Woollett, author of THE LOVE OF A BAD MAN and BEAUTIFUL REVOLUTIONARY

'This is a book that gets right into your body. It makes you laugh, makes you think, but it doesn't stop there - it plays with your heart and leaves it different. This is smart, raw, tender fiction that feels as real as life.' - Ronnie Scott, author of THE ADVERSARY

'Graceful and raw, this is a remarkable study of the forces of desire and regret. Hannan is both acute witness and masterful reporter of love in all its faulty and essential shapes. Kokomo dazzles, pierces, and stays.' - Robert Lukins, author of THE EVERLASTING SUNDAY

'I can't remember being so excited by a debut novel. Kokomo is a delight, a book I wanted to finish in a greedy rush but one I also wanted to savour. It's so full of life, on each page there are tiny moments of delight, irreverence, tenderness. Kokomo is the Australian response to Normal People, this is Monkey Grip for the new generation of readers. This book will be read and cherished by many, and Victoria Hannan is a name we will see a great deal more in the future.' - J.P. Pomare, author of CALL ME EVIE and IN THE CLEARING


'Hannan's Kokomo is a sharply observed novel of one woman's facade and how it falls; an undoing that is both ordinary and compelling. This debut heralds an exciting new Australian voice with a story of estrangement from kin, friendship, love, self and country - one that will be familiar to many, and surprising, for it is often a shock to see one's reflection.' - Anna Krien, author of NIGHT GAMES and ACT OF GRACE

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Kokomo is a beautiful, muscular work - in which Hannan refuses to flinch, to look away, to soften things. Scenes from Kokomo are so uncomfortably familiar - crackling with longing, boredom, love, hurt and hope.

An intricate, glittering gem. One of the best debuts in years.

KOKOMO is unexpected and incredible storytelling. Crystalline, genuine, heartbreaking and powerful.

With its many shifts in time and focus, Kokomo is difficult to summarise but Hannan pieces together the story of these two families with clarity, grace and a handle on structure that is rare in a debut novel. This superbly written book will appeal to readers of Zadie Smith and Jennifer Down. (Ellen Cregan)

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Kokomo is a fine début, a wry romantic comedy with both literary and popular appeal. (Jane Sullivan)

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A remarkably accomplished debut novel

Her originality took my breath away...

A study of secrets, love and the everlasting shadow they cast over human relationships.

TERRIFIC DEBUT. It's both a beautiful examination of a motherdaughter relationship and a funny coming-ofage tale about a woman in her 30s. There are some big secrets and even bigger mistakes, and a sweet and perceptive look at love. It's a remarkably accomplished debut novel by the Melbourne-based writer.

From Aussie writer Victoria Hannan comes a tale about the tragedy of love in a modern world. Her debut novel tells the story of Mina, who receives an urgent call from a friend in Melbourne who reveals her agoraphobic mother, Elaine, has left the house for the first time in years. Dropping everything to fly home, words are left unspoken as Elaine refuses to discuss why she's spent so much time hiding from the world. But their reunion leaves Mina raking through the pieces of their painful past in a bid to uncover the truth. Kokomo is a story about how secrets and love have the power to bring us together and tear us apart.

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What is striking about Kokomo is how beautifully Hannan explores the introspection and uncertainty of her characters' inner lives, with prose that is a genuine pleasure to read. [...] In the substance and quality of her debut, Hannan demonstrates that she has much more to offer too. With Kokomo as a starting point, one can only imagine what heights she will soar to next. (Zoya Patel)

Hannan takes care with all her characters (particularly her female ones): they move naturally in space and their dialogue is true. Kokomo is tender and brutal as it goes about navigating tensions of parental and romantic bonds but also of the rapprochement between secrecy and truth.