Peter Kocan (All reviews)
- Jun 13 2007
Library Journal: "Kocan (The Treatment), who spent years in prison and mental hospitals for the attempted assassination of an Australian politician, has crafted a dark, Dickensian work based on the events of his own rough-and-tumble youth." - Mar 15 2007
Kirkus Reviews: "[The protagonist] cries a lot—the least thing sets him off—and he's never had a girlfriend." - Mar 13 2007
Publishers Weekly (starred review): "Kocan indulges in neither sentimentality nor rage, and his unnamed protagonist's story is a fine achievement." - Aug 3 2006
Quadrant: "Peter Kocan’s new novel, Fresh Fields, is a stark, harrowing, yet deeply courageous work of immense power and magnitude." - Aug 3 2006
Les Murray, The Melbourne Age: "No novel I read this year, from anywhere, equalled Peter Kocan's bleak Fresh Fields." - May 14 2006
The Melbourne Age: "Kocan's new novel, Fresh Fields, tells the story of his life before the crime. It sheds new light on the state of mind and the circumstances that could propel a disturbed young man into such an act of violence."