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Synopsis

Winner of the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Christos Tsiolkas's The Slap is a riveting page–turner and a powerful, haunting rumination on contemporary middle–class family life. When a man slaps a child who is not his own at a neighborhood barbecue, the act triggers a series of repercussions in the lives of the people (old and young, gay and straight) who witness the event–causing them to reassess their values, expectations, and desires.