‘Against the backdrop of the dramatically shifting climate—the forests burning, the reef bleaching—Gibson has crafted an exquisite, complex and timely novel that artfully weaves together the personal and political lives of its disparate characters, cascading and coalescing through different experiences and times. With sharp awareness and a wry playfulness, The Temperature explores the questions, connections and devastating truths of the times we find ourselves in.’
Else Fitzgerald, author of Everything Feels Like the End of the World
‘Kat Gibson’s The Temperature is a lament for a hot mess of a world. A smart, tender and sometimes deliciously vicious study of six very different people trying to find their way through broken times.’
Kate Mildenhall, author of The Hummingbird Effect
‘Gibson is a masterful storyteller. Her prose is exact, sparse, dark and poetic. These characters became kin, their humanity palpable and familiar. I am obsessed.’
Ella Baxter, author of New Animal