In her interview Melissa revealed that she felt her previous novel ‘Mullumbimby’ was too accessible, and in this new novel she wanted her characters to be perhaps a little less likeable, a little more desperate. They are certainly dealing with desperate situations.  For her protagonist, the only way up in life is to fight his way through – literally.

 

Melissa Lucashenko reads from ‘Too Much Lip’

 

 

 

Melissa Lucashenko – Interview

 

Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2018