The Rules of Backyard Cricket

• A brilliant literary thriller in the tradition of Peter Temple's Truth, from a rising star of Australian fiction • With over 10K now sold in print and ebook, The Rules of Backyard Cricket has emerged as one of the breakout Australian novels of 2016 • The story of two brothers raised by a single mother who have tremendous cricket abilities and a fierce rivalry. Wally is an upstanding kid who respects authority and is quietly working his way to the top; Darren is a cocky, charismatic troublemaker who has got away with things his entire life—until now • Narrated by Darren from the boot of a car on his way to what's sure to be his own murder, this ambitious literary work is impossible to put down • The Rules of Backyard Cricket was shortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction and Longlisted for the 2017 Indie Book Award for Fiction • Now available in an attractive new format and price