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'When Madeleine d’Leon conjures Ned McGinnity as the hero in her latest crime novel, she makes him a serious writer simply because the irony of a protagonist who’d never lower himself to read the story in which he stars, amuses her. When Ned McGinnity creates Madeleine d’Leon, she is his literary device, a writer of detective fiction who is herself a mystery to be unravelled. As Ned and Madeleine play out their own lives while writing the other’s story, they find themselves crossing the lines that divide the real and the imagined. This is a story about two people trying to hold onto each other beyond reality.' (Publication summary)
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Other Formats
- Also large print.
- Also dyslexic edition
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Crime Scene: Sulari Gentill Crossing the Lines. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2017;'Known for her Rowland Sinclair historical crime series and her YA Hero trilogy, Sulari Gentill delivers something very different with this new novel.
'What if you wrote of someone writing of you?
In the end, which of you would be real?'
'Crossing the Lines is an intricate dance of mystery and psychological suspense, blurring the lines between the real and the fictional, sanity and insanity, obsession and love.' (Introduction)
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Tryst with Creativity Triggers a Romance
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29 July 2017; (p. 20)Crossing the Lines is a book that smiles and offers cake while it thinks. Sulari Gentill delivers ideas and narrative entertainment, and it’s a bonus that her novel is also sub-acidly satirical.
'When a friend irritated by protagonist Madeleine’s unavailability laughs in response to her apologetic explanation that she is completely herself only when writing, 'scorn was cut into the mirth like some bitter essence folded into whipped cream.'' (Introduction)
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Tryst with Creativity Triggers a Romance
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29 July 2017; (p. 20)Crossing the Lines is a book that smiles and offers cake while it thinks. Sulari Gentill delivers ideas and narrative entertainment, and it’s a bonus that her novel is also sub-acidly satirical.
'When a friend irritated by protagonist Madeleine’s unavailability laughs in response to her apologetic explanation that she is completely herself only when writing, 'scorn was cut into the mirth like some bitter essence folded into whipped cream.'' (Introduction)
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Crime Scene: Sulari Gentill Crossing the Lines. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2017;'Known for her Rowland Sinclair historical crime series and her YA Hero trilogy, Sulari Gentill delivers something very different with this new novel.
'What if you wrote of someone writing of you?
In the end, which of you would be real?'
'Crossing the Lines is an intricate dance of mystery and psychological suspense, blurring the lines between the real and the fictional, sanity and insanity, obsession and love.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2018 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2018 winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel