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About the Book

From the creator of Offspring comes a smart, moving and wry portrait of one man's desire to make a difference. Sullivan Moss is useless. Once a charming underachiever, he's now so hopeless that he even fails his attempt to end it all. Waking up in hospital after falling the wrong way on a rooftop, he comes to a decision. After a life of regrets, Sully wants to do one useful thing. If he can't make something of himself, maybe someone else can. He's going to donate a kidney to a stranger. As he scrambles over the hurdles to become a donor, Sully almost accidentally forges a new life for himself. Sober and employed, he makes new friends and begins to patch things up with old ones. But altruism is not as easy as it seems. Just when he thinks he's got himself together, Sully discovers there are more temptations than ever to fall apart. From the creator of Offspring comes a smart, moving and wry portrait of one man's desire to make a difference. 'Debra Oswald it the master of character.' Eddie Perfect 'Brimming with insight, mesmerizing, and above all, true.' Geraldine Brooks 'With characteristic charm, wit and humanity, Debra Oswald has crafted an irresistible story of metamorphosis.' Nick Earls 'An expert story-teller . . . Useful is a very funny and entertaining novel that also gets you right in the heart (and in the kidneys).' Malcolm Knox 'Wry, moving and clever, this is an interesting and funny rumination on life, friendship and people's capacity for change.' Weekend Post

About the Author :
Debra Oswald is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the creator/head writer of the first five seasons of the TV series Offspring. Her stage plays have been performed around the world and are published by Currency Press. Gary's House, Sweet Road and The Peach Season were all shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award. Debra has also written four plays for young audiences - Dags, Skate, Stories in the Dark and House on Fire. Her television credits include Police Rescue, Palace of Dreams, The Secret Life of Us, Sweet and Sour and Bananas in Pyjamas. Debra has written three Aussie Bite books for kids and six children's novels, including The Redback Leftovers and Getting Air. Her first adult novel, Useful, was published in 2015.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780143573739
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
  • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
  • Height: 199 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Width: 130 mm
  • ISBN-10: 014357373X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 254 gr


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