![]() ![]() He befriends an elderly woman who thinks she is his wife, takes on an abusive husband and attempts to unite two fighting brothers, among many tasks. The eight-episode arc sees Ed come up with solutions ranging from small acts of kindness to outright deception and violence. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning ![]() Markus Zusak on how Bridge of Clay left him ‘beaten up and bruised’Īgain, some did not know what to make of it: “I still remember the exact words of one Amazon customer review that said, ‘I can’t believe the genius who wrote The Book Thief wrote this pile of shit,’” Zusak says. When his next book did not seem forthcoming – Bridge of Clay would take 13 years to be published – hungry readers turned instead to Zusak’s previous book The Messenger, an adaptation of which is about to begin on the ABC. When The Book Thief became the phenomenon it did – 16m copies sold, global book tour, Hollywood film – it seemed no one knew what to make of its author, Markus Zusak: a smiley, self-effacing thirtysomething from Engadine who wrote novels mainly read by Australian teenagers and who had now produced a huge bestseller in the form of a 500-page novel set in Nazi Germany and narrated by Death. Just like big moments, big books have a before and after. ![]()
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