Book Launch: Son of Sin by Omar Sakr - Conversation & Celebration

SON OF SIN إبن حرام 

By Omar Sakr You are invited to an intimate gathering to celebrate Omar Sakr’s first novel. We will be welcomed to Dharug Country. We will share conversation and sway to the sonics of Ensemble Dandana. We will enjoy light refreshments. 

PRAISE for Son of Sin 

‘Omar’s intensely poetic narrative adds a new and powerful dimension to the Australian literary landscape.’ Alexis Wright

‘I inhaled this novel. The story and the world and the language are exhilarating.’ Christos Tsiolkas

‘Poetry in prose, this is a wondrous, beautiful novel.’ Sisonke Msimang

‘Tender, candid, poetic, vivid … Son of Sin is Jamal’s internal fight spilling painfully, and poetically, on to the page – cut through with a hunger to destroy that which oppresses us.’ The Guardian

‘An Australian bildungsroman of genuine heart, guts and mind, full to the brim with brio and bona fides, one to add straight to the canon.’ The Australian

‘Extraordinary. I loved this powerful, intoxicating narrative of the things that bind and break us. Omar Sakr wields language with a poet’s hunger for truth.’ Hannah Kent

‘It’s got the pulse and energy of a life lived.’ ABC RN The Bookshelf

‘It is transcendent.’ Cassie McCullagh, ABC Radio Sydney

‘A darkly comic family saga … [Sakr] is funny and unapologetic, creating epic, stunningly dirty narratives that should appeal to a new generation of Australians.’ The Conversation

‘Sakr has a poet’s sensibility, and he writes haunting images and insights worth lingering over.’ The Monthly

‘A complex, raw and mightily moving novel, it’s possible March has already brought us one of the best releases of this year in Son of Sin.’ The Chestnut Tree Bookshop

‘Simultaneously heavy and beautiful, this novel will appeal to fans of Ocean Vuong and to anyone interested in the intersections of race, sexuality and religion. Books+Publishing