'A delightful literary puzzle, posed to the reader in vibrant and clear-cut prose... It's rare for a writer to be this good both at crafting a sentence and at making you want to read the next one.' Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times and The Happy Couple

'Composed with stylistic brilliance and structural ingenuity, I Want Everything is that rare thing, a great contemporary novel... Dominic Amerena is a fantastic writer. (Seriously.)' Lauren Oyler, author of Fake Accounts and No Judgement

You all know this, of course, but years and years ago, acclaimed Australian novelist Brenda Shales went missing. After two explosive, controversial books that would shape the literary canon of the country for decades to come - and that terrible legal scandal about plagiarism, of course - she was simply gone.

That was, right up until a frustrated young writer sees an elderly woman swimming at his local pool in Melbourne. She looks familiar...very familiar in fact. No. It couldn't be. Stunned, he returns home to confirm the impossible truth; it's Brenda Shales, now in her old age and stranded in a retirement home. He's determined to pursue her, to discover what happened to her all those years ago, and to possibly fulfil his dreams of literary stardom through a tell-all biography. But when he finds her, a case of mistaken identity and Brenda's own terrible secrets begin to derail his ambitions, and ultimately, his entire life.

From brilliant debut novelist Dominic Amerena, I Want Everything is a wickedly sharp story of desire and deception, authorship and authenticity, and the devastating costs of creative ambition.

About the Author
Dominic Amerena is an Australian writer whose work has been widely published and anthologised. He has won numerous prizes, scholarships, fellowships, and grants, including the Vil La Joana Residency, the Hawthornden Fellowship, the inaugural Speculate Prize, an Australia Council New Work Grant and the Alan Marshall Short Story Award. He has a PhD from the University of RMIT and he lives between Melbourne and Athens, Greece. I Want Everything is his debut novel.


Book Information
ISBN 9781398547469
Author Dominic Amerena
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Scribner UK
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 18mm