Two Novels by Mark Brandi
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Overview: Mark Brandi (41) is an award-winning Melbourne author who was born in Ascoli Piceno – a city in central Italy – his parents settled in western Victoria when he was a young boy and they ran a pub for over thirty years in the Wimmera district of Victoria.
Growing up in the country – and the many colourful characters he met at the pub – continue to inspire much of his writing.
He studied Criminal Justice at University and worked extensively in the justice system for about a decade, including a stint as a political adviser, which is where he learned the intricacies of the prison system. His three brothers work for Victoria Police so research for crime writing has never been a problem!
Then he decided to become a writer and in 2018 he published a novel called Wimmera.
Before it reached the bookstores, it had won the coveted British Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger. Many more awards followed.
His second novel, The Rip, was published in 2020.
Like Wimmera, it is not exactly a crime novel. It is more a novel about life where a crime happens – it is the love story of two homeless heroin addicts. It’s set in Melbourne’s inner north – Fitzroy, Carlton, Princes Park.
His latest novel, the Others was released in June, 2021.
Mark now lives in Melbourne with his canine best friend Millie and is already working on his next work of fiction.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
The Rip (2020)
An urban crime novel situated in contemporary Australia, The Rip follows the life of a young woman who calls the streets her home.
‘It’s funny how quick it happens and without you really noticing.
Anton said once that it’s like walking out into the sea, and you think everything’s fine and the water’s warm, but when you turn back you’re suddenly miles from shore.
I’ve never been much of a swimmer, but I get what he means.
Like, being caught in a current or something. A rip’.
A young woman, living on the street has to keep her wits about her.
Or her friends.
But when the drugs kick in that can be hard.
Anton has been looking out for her.
She was safe with him.
But then Steve came along. He had something over Anton. Must have. But he had a flat they could crash in. And gear in his pocket. And she can’t stop thinking about it.
A good hit makes everything all right.
But the flat smells weird.There’s a lock on Steve’s bedroom door.And the guy is intense.
The problem is, sometimes you just don’t know you are in too deep, until you are drowning.
The Others (2021)
Narrated by Jacob, through means of a diary gifted to him by his father on his eleventh birthday, The Others is set on a remote, decrepit Australian farm struggling under crippling drought conditions and isolated in a post-pandemic world.
I heard voices talking last night.
I’ve never heard my father talk to someone else.
Not that I can remember.
I was in bed, and I heard my father’s voice first.
He was talking to someone, and then I heard another man with a deep voice.
The man got angry, I could tell, even though I couldn’t hear exactly what he was saying.
Then my father said, ‘I’d kill you first’.
On his eleventh birthday, Jacob’s father gives him a diary. To write about things that happen. About what he and his father do on their farm. About the sheep, the crop, the fox and the dam.
But Jacob knows some things should not be written down. Some things should not be remembered.
The only things he knows for sure is what his father has taught him.
Sheltered, protected, isolated.
But who is his father protecting him from?
And how far will his father go to keep the world at bay?
All too soon, Jacob will learn that sometimes we all have to do terrible things.
From the bestselling author of WIMMERA and THE RIP comes an unforgettable novel that explores the darkness in our world with the light only a child can find.
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The Rip (2020)
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