Description
Meet Jeffrey, hydrologist, husband of Martine, father of Bern, model citizen of Mildura.
But after he inherits a small fortune from an obscure aunt and has a disconcerting encounter with his cousin Pam, Jeffrey decides it’s time to change everything.
He tells Martine he wants to live as if he were the family pet.
Sleeping through the day or wandering beside the river, he discovers a new self: he can sense secret grief in others. What to do with this gift? Or with his awareness of the endless streams of water flowing unseen beneath the earth?
Michael Winkler is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction, living in Melbourne on unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. Griefdogg is his second novel.
Michael Winkler’s first novel Grimmish became a cult hit. Griefdogg is another triumph. Funny, sad, always entrancing, it tells a crazy-sane story about identity, love, family and forgiveness.
Endorsements
Winner of the Calibre Prize
Shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award