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Synopsis
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION
A schoolgirl catches the eye of the future leader of Nazi Germany. An aspiring playwright writes to a convicted serial killer, seeking inspiration. A pair of childhood sweethearts reunite to commit rape and murder. A devoted Mormon wife follows her husband into the wilderness after he declares himself a prophet.
The twelve stories in The Love of a Bad Man imagine the lives of real women, all of whom were the lovers, wives, or mistresses of various ‘bad’ men in history. Beautifully observed, fascinating, and at times horrifying, the stories interrogate power, the nature of obsession, and the lengths some women will go to for the men they love.
PRAISE FOR LAURA ELIZABETH WOOLLETT
‘Like Helen Garner, Laura Woollett is impelled to explore the darkest corners of the human heart, the savage cognitive distortions of love; to understand and empathise with the monstrous, rather than to instinctively recoil or judge ... Woollett's pitch-perfect command of narrative voice, period, and psychology creates 12 tales to fascinate and unnerve.’ The Age
‘The Love of a Bad Man imagines the inner lives of historical figures who committed crimes all in the name of love ... The stories treat death with a gothic inevitability and explore human darkness with a light touch.’ The Guardian
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Laura Elizabeth Woollett was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. In 2012, she completed an honours degree in creative writing at the University of Melbourne. In 2014, she was awarded a Wheeler Centre/Readings Foundation Hot Desk Fellowship and the John Marsden/Hachette Prize for Fiction, and was chosen as one of the 2015 Melbourne Writers Festival’s ‘30 Under 30’. Her short-story collection, The Love of a Bad Man (Scribe, 2016), was shortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction and the 2017 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction.
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‘The Love of a Bad Man is a rare combination of immense writing talent and wondrous imagination. You've never read a book quite like this one.’
(Jeff Guinn, author of Manson)‘Seductive and enthralling ... Woollett is a master of her craft. You won’t be able to put it down.’
(Stephanie Dickinson, author of Love Highway)‘A genuinely fresh reading experience ... we’re sure to hear a lot more from this talented writer in coming years.’ FOUR STARS
(Books+Publishing)‘Compelling and powerful ... Woollett has inhabited the spirit of these various women in a manner both thought-provoking and touching.’
(Ruth Wykes, co-author of Women Who Kill and Invisible Women)‘Woollett’s work in her female narrators’ interior lives, her in-depth research and deployment of detail and vernacular, combines to lend a frightening and compelling understanding to these women’s choices, and in some but not all cases, their coercion.’
(Homer)‘Like Helen Garner, Laura Woollett is impelled to explore the darkest corners of the human heart, the savage cognitive distortions of love; to understand and empathise with the monstrous, rather than to instinctively recoil or judge ... Woollett's pitch-perfect command of narrative voice, period, and psychology creates 12 tales to fascinate and unnerve.’
(The Age)‘An unusual and affecting reading experience, coupling true crime with literary fiction ... Laura Elizabeth Woollett is refreshing, challenging, and utterly unique and I’m already looking forward to her next achievement.’
(Readings Monthly)‘The idea is intriguing and the execution goes well beyond expectation ... The Love of a Bad Man gives sophisticated insight, and is full of empathy and nuance for the people portrayed.’
(Lip Magazine)‘The Love of a Bad Man imagines the inner lives of historical figures who committed crimes all in the name of love ... The stories treat death with a gothic inevitability and explore human darkness with a light touch.’
(Lou Heinrich The Guardian)‘[Woollett’s] stories are beautifully written – poised and elegant.’
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- PublisherScribe UK
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1911344242
- ISBN 13 9781911344247
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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