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Fiction, Novel
Paperback book with dust jacket
Although set a hundred years ago, John Clanchy’s new novel powerfully captures the devastating and persistent reality of a fundamental flaw in the role of our major institutions. Central to In Whom We Trust is James Pearse, an essentially good but circumstantially weak man, who is forced to examine his role at the St Barnabas Home for Children, an orphanage that has betrayed the individuals entrusted to its care. He must face the devastating wider consequences of a life of moral equivocation.
“Masterful” writing with “well-developed characters”. The judges of the ACT Book of the Year Award
“One of Australia’s most stimulating contemporary writers.” Canberra Times
“That Clanchy can make such subject matter both engrossing and deeply moving is down to his writing and his understanding of humanity. In Whom We Trust is a powerful and wonderful read.” Whispering Gums
“There is a quiet discipline to this art that resists the potentially sensational nature of its subject.” Australian Book Review
“If the content in this deeply moral, and quietly devastating, period drama feels utterly topical, the atmosphere, dialogue and characters are all imagined with a flair for historical authenticity.” Pick of The Week, Sydney Morning Herald
John Clanchyhas written twelve books of fiction—the most recent two with Finlay Lloyd. His other work includes the collection,Vincenzo’s Garden, which won seven awards, including the ACT Book of the Year and the Steele Rudd Award. The novelThe Hard Wordalso won the ACT Book of the Year. International Awards for his stories include The Commonwealth Literature and language Studies Prize (Europe), The Antipodes Prize for Short Fiction, The PEN Air-NZ Prize. Two crime novelsIf God SleepsandAnd Hope to Die(co-authored with Mark Henshaw) have appeared with Gallimard in France and Rowohlt in Germany – the latter becoming a German bestseller. See a sample of his workhere.
Fiction, Novel
Paperback book with dust jacket
Although set a hundred years ago, John Clanchy’s new novel powerfully captures the devastating and persistent reality of a fundamental flaw in the role of our major institutions. Central to In Whom We Trust is James Pearse, an essentially good but circumstantially weak man, who is forced to examine his role at the St Barnabas Home for Children, an orphanage that has betrayed the individuals entrusted to its care. He must face the devastating wider consequences of a life of moral equivocation.
“Masterful” writing with “well-developed characters”. The judges of the ACT Book of the Year Award
“One of Australia’s most stimulating contemporary writers.” Canberra Times
“That Clanchy can make such subject matter both engrossing and deeply moving is down to his writing and his understanding of humanity. In Whom We Trust is a powerful and wonderful read.” Whispering Gums
“There is a quiet discipline to this art that resists the potentially sensational nature of its subject.” Australian Book Review
“If the content in this deeply moral, and quietly devastating, period drama feels utterly topical, the atmosphere, dialogue and characters are all imagined with a flair for historical authenticity.” Pick of The Week, Sydney Morning Herald
John Clanchyhas written twelve books of fiction—the most recent two with Finlay Lloyd. His other work includes the collection,Vincenzo’s Garden, which won seven awards, including the ACT Book of the Year and the Steele Rudd Award. The novelThe Hard Wordalso won the ACT Book of the Year. International Awards for his stories include The Commonwealth Literature and language Studies Prize (Europe), The Antipodes Prize for Short Fiction, The PEN Air-NZ Prize. Two crime novelsIf God SleepsandAnd Hope to Die(co-authored with Mark Henshaw) have appeared with Gallimard in France and Rowohlt in Germany – the latter becoming a German bestseller. See a sample of his workhere.
