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Fiction, Novel
Paperback book with illustrations
Call Me is Julian Davies’ seventh novel. Tangentially related to his previous social satire, Crow Mellow, this is a contemporary Australian story of thwarted young love, and an ambitious attempt to take us deep within the lives and experience of two perceptive yet conflicted teenagers in their last year of school. If love beset by complication is a familiar pattern in fiction, then, in this story, complication dances beguilingly between reality and absurdity.
‘Call Me is that rare thing: a novel of young adulthood told with great compassion, humour and psychological acuity—and without a skerrick of condescension or sentimentality.’ John Clanchy
‘It’s so refreshing this book isn’t being marketed as YA fiction because the adolescent voices it creates are so charming and drolly realised and true-to-life they’ll appeal to a much broader readership. …an immersive and amusing read, thanks largely to the feat of literary ventriloquism (Davies) pulls off.’ The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age.
‘Call Me is not only an engrossing story about the psychic growing-up of its protagonists, but one that also offers provocative commentary on both humanity in general and modern society in particular. …Davies pulls it off, resulting in a book that’s both intelligent and fun to read.’ Whispering Gums.
Julian Davies is the author of seven novels. He has also written various stories, and essays, including Lost Art (2012), a collaboration with Phil Day on cultural dysfunction in the art world. The book, Backlash – Australia’s conflict of values over live exports, (2016)was written in partnership with Bidda Jones, Chief Scientist at RSPCA Australia.
Davies’ novels have been shortlisted for many prizes: Revival House for the National Book Council Award and the Commonwealth Writers Best First Book, among others, Moments of Pleasure forthe Talking Book of the Year award, The Beholder for the NSW Premiers Award, and The Boy for the Victorian Premiers Award. The Boy has been translated into French, Dutch and Turkish. Crow Mellow (2014), a social satire illustrated by nearly 400 drawings by Phil Day, is the first in a trilogy of novels. The second in the series is Call Me (2018).
Fiction, Novel
Paperback book with illustrations
Call Me is Julian Davies’ seventh novel. Tangentially related to his previous social satire, Crow Mellow, this is a contemporary Australian story of thwarted young love, and an ambitious attempt to take us deep within the lives and experience of two perceptive yet conflicted teenagers in their last year of school. If love beset by complication is a familiar pattern in fiction, then, in this story, complication dances beguilingly between reality and absurdity.
‘Call Me is that rare thing: a novel of young adulthood told with great compassion, humour and psychological acuity—and without a skerrick of condescension or sentimentality.’ John Clanchy
‘It’s so refreshing this book isn’t being marketed as YA fiction because the adolescent voices it creates are so charming and drolly realised and true-to-life they’ll appeal to a much broader readership. …an immersive and amusing read, thanks largely to the feat of literary ventriloquism (Davies) pulls off.’ The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age.
‘Call Me is not only an engrossing story about the psychic growing-up of its protagonists, but one that also offers provocative commentary on both humanity in general and modern society in particular. …Davies pulls it off, resulting in a book that’s both intelligent and fun to read.’ Whispering Gums.
Julian Davies is the author of seven novels. He has also written various stories, and essays, including Lost Art (2012), a collaboration with Phil Day on cultural dysfunction in the art world. The book, Backlash – Australia’s conflict of values over live exports, (2016)was written in partnership with Bidda Jones, Chief Scientist at RSPCA Australia.
Davies’ novels have been shortlisted for many prizes: Revival House for the National Book Council Award and the Commonwealth Writers Best First Book, among others, Moments of Pleasure forthe Talking Book of the Year award, The Beholder for the NSW Premiers Award, and The Boy for the Victorian Premiers Award. The Boy has been translated into French, Dutch and Turkish. Crow Mellow (2014), a social satire illustrated by nearly 400 drawings by Phil Day, is the first in a trilogy of novels. The second in the series is Call Me (2018).
