Bingo: Violence; Passport: Bush noir Denizen is one of the most disturbing books I have ever read. I bought it thinking I was getting another “bush noir” – an Australian crime subgenre focussed on rural murders. What I actually got was a lot more interesting, but also much more confronting. I think my Kindle skipped over the warning at the front that “this book depicts mental ill health and self harm” as its dark turn took me by surprise. The narrative has a familiar crime […]
Handing trauma down the line
Denizen by James Mackenzie Watson
