Matt Rubinstein: 5 books

With its currents wearing its sandstone away, Sydney seems like one of the elements, sinking with the tides, pulled by the stars. It moves to the long pulse of the universe as its rhythms drift in and out of phase. It waxes, it wanes; it is lost and rebuilt every year. Equinox tells a story...

Fortinbrasse is the tragedy of Hamlet’s mirror and foil, the Prince of Norway. It builds on the handful of references Shakespeare gives us in Hamlet with further details from his sources together with my own speculation about the circumstances that eventually lead to Fortinbrasse’s bittersweet...

Solstice is a novel in verse set over the twenty-four hours of the longest day of the year, in Adelaide, South Australia. It is a story of love and exploration told in sonnet form, one verse for each few minutes of the day. It shows how much can change in a day — the whole world, and at the same...

Death of the Author is a serial killer thriller with a literary twist. In the 1990s, the genre of serial killer fiction is emerging into a serious literary occupation. The world's pulpiest authors converge on a sleepy southern city once described by Salman Rushdie as "the ideal setting...

Solstice is a novel in verse set over the twenty-four hours of the longest day of the year, in Adelaide, South Australia. It is a story of love and exploration told in sonnet form, one verse for each few minutes of the day. It follows five characters as their paths cross, tangle and separate:...