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Barracuda review Christos Tsiolkas's unsettling portrait of failure

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A swimming prodigy fails to realise his potential in this deeply involving follow-up to the The Slap

Tsiolkas, author of The Slap the bestseller that took the lid off middle-class Australia addresses success and failure in his follow-up book.

Protagonist Danny Kelly a name that nods both to outlaw Ned Kelly as well as Roald Dahl's champion of the world is a swimmer first and foremost; his strength and power in the pool are the reason he has gained a scholarship to "Cunts' College", as it is known throughout the book. His talent is all he has to protect himself against the "golden boys", the faceless privileged who would never want a "wog" like Danny half Greek, half Scottish in their midst. With the help of coach Frank Torma, he makes winning his motto, the "Barracuda" of the title always straining to thrash the competition. Next stop, the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

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