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Vivid, bleak and occasionally funny. This is a look into a kind of toxic masculinity that isn't often examined closely. It's not fun to read, but I'm glad it exists.
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The Lebs are on the loose, loping around Punchbowl high in some black comedic moments and our narrator is doing his best to navigate it all. Delivering a powerful punch to the guts at the end.
Unputdownable!
Urban Australia can be pretty animalistic, especially if your a Muslim boy in Bankstown around 9/11.
This is the sort of book that should be read in Australian highschools instead of Catcher-in-the-Rye.
Bloody fantastic work.
A great addition to the Miles Franklin Long-list. So raw! Loved it! ...more
The Lebs is full of angry, confused, displaced young men and it makes for difficult reading. Don't be swayed by the difficulty, as reading out of your comfort zone into this vastly different world is rewarding.
The main character Bani, is a young man struggling to find his place at school, with friends and wade through the angst of sexual discovery. Sounds pretty stock standard teenage fare, however Bani is Lebanese, living in Australia and being confronted with the racial tensions of the time. A ...more
The main character Bani, is a young man struggling to find his place at school, with friends and wade through the angst of sexual discovery. Sounds pretty stock standard teenage fare, however Bani is Lebanese, living in Australia and being confronted with the racial tensions of the time. A ...more
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