Diary of a Bad Year

A famous writer is commissioned to contribute to a book of essays called Strong Opinions when he meets a young woman who lives in his apartment tower. He asks her to become his...In the laundry room of her apartment block, a young woman makes the acquaintance of an ageing writer. She agrees to type up his opinions, although she is aware that what he really desires...The young woman's boyfriend starts to spy on his neighbour and hatches a jealous plot to...JM Coetzee's Diary of a Bad Year was shortlisted for the 2008 NSW Premier's Literary Award, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction. It is an extraordinary and utterly original novel about loneliness, friendship and the possibility of love.