Bruny

'More like a hand grenade than a book...'

The original design of Bruny by designer Sandy Cull for publishers Allen & Unwin in 2019. It was redesigned by Sandy Cull into the new suite of novels in 2025.

Winner of the 2020 Fiction Book of The Year in the Australian Book Industry Awards.
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers Book of the Year
One of Australia’s Top 10 Bestselling Novels of 2020.

More like a hand grenade than a book, with its excoriating satire and explosive views on our political and economic trajectory. It’s the best evidence we have yet that Australian writers are finally waking up to the unfolding crisis.”

Rohan Wilson

Bruny

'More like a hand grenade than a book...'

More like a hand grenade than a book, with its excoriating satire and explosive views on our political and economic trajectory. It’s the best evidence we have yet that Australian writers are finally waking up to the unfolding crisis.”

Rose has mastered the contemporary realist novel. Is there nothing she cannot do with her words and skilled imagination? No vignette or internal dialogue is here that doesn’t enhance the complex tale she is making.”