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LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON FICTION 2024 'deeply powerful and beautiful' - Trent Dalton, bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies 'a riveting story well told.' - Sydney Morning Herald A true story about lies, murder and the Territory 'Sorry, mate, but that's the message.' Zak says to grow some balls and defend him. You've got to remember he is still a young bloke, stuck in Darwin prison where it's always hot, the food is slop and they get rats in the wet season. It's not enough just to help him get out; Zak wants people to accept his innocence and that he was wrongfully convicted. 'I don't know what you want to do with that,' he tells me. Zak Grieve grew up in an outback town, at the crossroads between right and wrong, white and Black, punishment and forgiving. Convicted of a brutal killing despite even the judge saying he wasn't there when it happened, he spent years writing letters describing his hopes and dreams, his role in what happened, and how when the real world came down on him with a tonne of punishment, he wasn't ready. This is a book about growing up, about dying and about writing. In the end, it is only Zak's imaginat

Who reads The Man Who Wasn't There?

Author

Dan Box

Publisher

Ultimo Press

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781761150296

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

True Crime, Fiction, Crime

Rating

3.31 / 5 (180 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14