Griffith Review 50 - Cargoes
by Nick Earls
A brilliant, and very touching, story of a middle-aged rock journo interviewing a young arrogant, self-absorbed rapper, over-compensating for his troubled upbringing.Nick Earls is the author of twenty books, including novels that have appeared on bestseller lists in Australia, the UK and the Amazon Kindle store. Zigzag Street (Pan Books, 1996) won a Betty Trask Award in the UK in 1998. Bachelor Kisses (Penguin, 1998) was one of Who Weekly’s books of the year in 1998. Perfect Skin (Viking, 2000) was the only novel to be a finalist in the Australian Comedy Awards in 2003. Its Italian edition was adapted into the feature film Solo un Padre, which was a top-ten box office hit in Italy through Cattleya/Warner Bros in 2008. He has written five novels with teenage central characters. 48 Shades of Brown (Penguin, 1999) was awarded book of the year (older readers) by the Children’s Book Council in 2000, and in the US it was a...