'Part Lolita, part Bridget Jones, Martha - witty and wise beyond her years - is lost in a world of dysfunctional adults, particularly the charming, alcohol-soaked Mr Booker.Cory Taylor is a wonderful writer and Me and Mr Booker is riveting - a disturbing, darkly comic coming-of-age story unlike any you have ever seen!' Jill McCorkle, author of Going Away Shoes Martha is a memorable creation and an assured debut.' Sydney Morning Herald ' Me and Mr Booker is pitched as a coming-of-age novel, but this implies a simpler narrative than Taylor has achieved. 'Cory Taylor's characters are magnificently created.' Weekend Australian ' Me and Mr Booker is sharply observed and blackly comic, but it is also a tender depiction of love, sex, power and one girl's heartbreaking step into adulthood.' Australian Bookseller and Publisher 'Hands down, one of the best coming-of-age novels I've ever read.' Benjamin Law, author of The Family Law ' Me and Mr Booker is a book of wavering, hesitant in its sympathies, welcoming readers to find their own allegiances however they please, which is a mark of its confidence, as well as Cory Taylor's impressive talents.' Rumpus Her first novel, Me and Mr Booker, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Pacific Region), her second novel, My Beautiful Enemy, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Of course Martha would kiss the charming Englishman who brightened her world with style, adventure, whiskey, cigarettes and sex.īut Martha didn't count on the consequences.Ĭory Taylor is an award-winning screenwriter who has also published short fiction and children's books. But she's sixteen, she lives in a small dull town-a cemetery with lights-her father is mad, her home is stifling, and she's waiting for the rest of her life to begin. That would've been the sensible thing to do. Looking back, Martha could've said no when Mr Booker first tried to kiss her. Winner, Commonwealth Book Prize, Pacific Region 2012
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