ADDITIONAL PRAISE FOR HERE COME THE DOGS

Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award

“America please meet Omar Musa, a writer with the attuned ear of a great poet, the narrative gifts of a seasoned novelist, and no slight exposure to the beautiful struggle. This book is like one of those hip-hop songs that forevermore becomes an anthem—this time for the disenfranchised aspirants of Australia. Read him now or suffer for it.”

—Mitchell S. Jackson, author of The Residue Years

“Omar Musa’s writing is tough and tender, harsh and poetic, raw and beautiful; it speaks to how we live and dream now. This novel broke my heart a little, but it also made me ecstatic at the possibilities of what the best writing can do. His voice is genuine, new, and exciting; his voice roars.”

—Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap

“The streets are alive with the sound of Omar Musa! Blood and fire, destruction and generation, nightmares and dreams, all converge in this breathtaking rendering of the forever-journey of masculine coming-of-age. Musa is a sterling stylist, and the combination of poetry and prose, literary narrative and hip-hop verse in Here Come the Dogs does that impossible thing: creates a work unlike any other.”

—Porochista Khakpour, author of The Last Illusion and Sons and Other Flammable Objects

“A beautiful and angry book. Musa is a poet, and every page of this book speaks to his ferocious talent.”

—Fatima Bhutto, author of The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

“Omar Musa is a brother to the world. His words inspire courage and a genuine desire to experience justice in the modern world.”

—Marc E. Bassy

“Race, alienation, sex, hip-hop (the dissertations on it are engrossing), graffiti and testosterone-fuelled violence signpost a breakneck plot that unfolds amid the malevolence of bushfire threat.”

—Paul Daley, Guardian Australia, Best Books of 2014