One Boy Missing

‘In One Boy Missing, [Orr] realises the slow rhythms of country Australia, its language and landscape…skilfully…It is great holiday reading, whether at home or abroad.’ * Australian Bookseller & Publisher *
‘Orr creates an evocative landscape, the characterisations are truly wonderful, and because of that, the resolution of the crime at the heart of the novel is less important than seeing how these three can find some kind of peace with who they are and what life has done to them.’ – The Hoopla
’[Stephen Orr] is adept at partnering highly charged associations with emotionally arid landscapes.’ * Adelaide Advertiser *
‘The novel is not so much a typical crime novel but a more contemplative exploration of the relationship between fathers and sons. Stephen Orr spends time drawing out his characters; foibles and the novel is all the better for his attention.’ * Sun Herald *
‘Two of Orr’s novels are complex variations on the themes of loss, isolation, the difficulties of putting a self back together. His prose is measured and eloquent, his imaginative reach considerable, and his next novel worth the wait.’ * Sydney Morning Herald/Age *
‘Stephen Orr’s detective is sunnier than Kurt Wallander, but his talkative characters and bitter realism stands comparison with Henning Mankell. He’s a sincere storyteller with a flinty eye for the landscape and the sadness that drives good stories forward.’ * Dominion Post/Waikato Times/Weekend Press *
‘Stephen Orr spends time drawing out his characters’ foibles and the novel is all the better for his attentions.’ * Sunday Examiner *
‘A study in character, masculinity, and specifically the relationships between fathers and sons…deftly written.’ * Australian Book Review *
‘Totally absorbing, emotionally gripping it is one of those books that sinks its teeth into you and doesn’t let go.’ – John Page * Pages & Pages *
‘A sensitive and sometimes-moving look at a man drowning in the sorrows of his past, with a prickly relationship with his father and with a child who desperately needs to trust someone…A sweetly told tale of fatherhood and loss.’ * Kirkus *
‘Not your traditional crime novel, One Boy Missing is engaging, moving and sometimes discomforting. Love it when something like this comes along and breaks a few rules.’ * Reviewing the Evidence *

Stephen Orr is the author of several published works of fiction and non-fiction. His novel Time’s Long Ruin was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2011. He lives in Adelaide.

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