The Rules of Backyard Cricket

A brilliant literary thriller in the tradition of Peter Temple's Truth, from a rising star of Australian fiction.

The story of two brothers raised by a single mother who have tremendous cricket abilities and a fierce rivalry. Wally is an upstanding kid who respects authority and is quietly working his way to the top; Darren is a cocky, charismatic troublemaker who has got away with things his entire life—until now

Narrated by Darren from the boot of a car on his way to what's sure to be his own murder, this ambitious literary work is impossible to put down

The Rules of Backyard Cricket was shortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction and Longlisted for the 2017 Indie Book Award for Fiction.