The Asking Game

by Rose Michael

Sydney, 2020 the city of water . Alice s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. Alice, or Eve as she was once known, is hired to expose Eternity, the cult that was founded outside the small desert town where she was born. With Drew, the boy from upstairs, who may be spying on her or watching over her, she begins a dream-like road trip into the dead heart of Australia where the past unravels into the future with exhilarating speed. Why did her sister Lucy leave her and what is it that happened between them? Who was her mother? Questions are asked. Their answers haunt and unsettle. At its heart The Asking Game drives us to ask ourselves who we really are. Childhood, sibling rivalry, science and identity are all explored in a bold, tautly woven debut a stylish thriller with literary sensibilities . If you re addicted to psychological thrillers or speculative fiction, or if you loved The Time Traveller s Wife for its sharp psychological truths and complex emotions, you ll want to read The Asking Game. The Asking Game is serious play an interrogation of realism and the real, of the rip tide of memory, of the riddle of identity in writing that is lyrical, edgy, intellectually provocative, and sly. Janette Turner Hospital, author of Due Preparations for the Plague and Orpheus Lost.

220 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

Reviews

[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

An unexpected treasure. A well-written book filled with originality and a story that keeps you wanting more. I greatly appreciated the Alice in wonderland references, one of my favorite books which I coincidentally read right before I picked this up. The asking game was a pleasure to read, a magnificent find and set at home, something I haven't experienced in a while. I'm disappointed that more readers haven't experienced such a unique and beautiful book.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was gripped. Twists and turns, dreamy surrealism, much Alice in Wonderland and some nasty incidents in the lab. A great combination of elliptical, literary style and page-turning mystery thriller.