What other people think...
Reviews in the press:
"Vastly entertaining... Theney Fairweather is a great creation...
"A novel that unfolds like a fresh deck of
playing cards."
The Australian, 31 January 2004
"...beguiling, original and brave..."
Robyn Williams, choosing Tristessa
& Lucido in his top three books for 2003 - Australian Book Review,
December 2003
"... one of those reads you don't want
to put down... "
Good Reading, December 2003
"...something about Zolin's novel will
remain with the reader. It is heartfelt, and this air of sincerity
gives the relatively familiar terrain of love lost and won a certain
resonance...Zolin's writing...has the ability to move and surprise."
Australian Book Review, September 2003
"...a brave and skilled writer..."
The Canberra Times, 27 August 2003
"A gifted debut
...Tristessa & Lucido is, emotionally and spiritually, a powerful
little book and Zolin a beguiling writer."
The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney) 17 August
2003
"Theney is a remarkable creation, as
are the host of characters that fill this 267-page book."
The Courier Mail (Brisbane) 9 August
2003
"... an insightful journey..."
The Courier Mail (Brisbane) 9 August
2003
"...engaging and sharply written...a
love story with a difference..."
The Age (Melbourne), 26 July 2003
Reader comments:
"I loved it! You really cheered me
up out of a long funk with it...thanks for a beautiful novel..."
A reader from Byron Bay
"...Tristessa & Lucido is moving
me in ways I thought impossible!"
A reader from Canberra
"...Theney reaches out of the pages
to me... I was captivated from the first sentence..."
A reader from Sydney