Eye of the Needle
Author: Raja, Christopher
ISBN: 9781921758614
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Year first published: 04 Aug 2026
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A passionate story about the landscape of grief and the emergence of self by a distinctive new voice in Australian literary fiction. Plt;/bPgt;
In 1882 a young Afghan named Kadir lands in Port Augusta. He has arrived with six camels to make his fortune, and so becomes the transport for a scientific expedition into the red centre.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt;More than a century later a young man named Kris comes of age in the Melbourne suburbs, having emigrated from India with his family when he was just a boy. After the trauma of his fatherP#8217;s mysterious death, Kris gravitates to St Kilda in search of a bigger world.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt;Fate will lead Kris to drugs and sex and love. He will learn what it truly takes to write a novel about the visionary life: the tale of a cameleer who comes across the seas from Asia and is drawn into the dazzling heart of the continent, where all is revealedP#8212;the ancient peoples, power and possession, lies and lust, faith, death, and what really matters.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Christopher RajaP#8217;s Eye of the Needle is a spectacular novel about the force of desire and ambition, about what love does to us and what we will do for love.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8216;Compelling and vivid.P#8217;Plt;iPgt; Plt;bPgt;Sydney Morning Herald Plt;/bPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;bPgt;on Plt;/bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;bPgt;The Burning ElephantPlt;/bPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/iPgt;P#8216;A poignant story, widely accessible and skilfully told.P#8217;Plt;bPgt; Plt;iPgt;Books+PublishingPlt;/iPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;onPlt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Into the SuburbsPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;P#8216;An emotional experience, heartbreaking yet hopeful.P#8217;Plt;bPgt; Plt;iPgt;The Big IssuePlt;/iPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;on Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Into the SuburbsPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;P#8216;A deeply human exploration of exile, love and grief, narrated in a voice that rings clear as a bell.P#8217;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Meg Mundell Plt;/iPgt;on Plt;iPgt;Into the SuburbsPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
ISBN: 9781921758614
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Year first published: 04 Aug 2026
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A passionate story about the landscape of grief and the emergence of self by a distinctive new voice in Australian literary fiction. Plt;/bPgt;
In 1882 a young Afghan named Kadir lands in Port Augusta. He has arrived with six camels to make his fortune, and so becomes the transport for a scientific expedition into the red centre.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt;More than a century later a young man named Kris comes of age in the Melbourne suburbs, having emigrated from India with his family when he was just a boy. After the trauma of his fatherP#8217;s mysterious death, Kris gravitates to St Kilda in search of a bigger world.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt;Fate will lead Kris to drugs and sex and love. He will learn what it truly takes to write a novel about the visionary life: the tale of a cameleer who comes across the seas from Asia and is drawn into the dazzling heart of the continent, where all is revealedP#8212;the ancient peoples, power and possession, lies and lust, faith, death, and what really matters.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Christopher RajaP#8217;s Eye of the Needle is a spectacular novel about the force of desire and ambition, about what love does to us and what we will do for love.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8216;Compelling and vivid.P#8217;Plt;iPgt; Plt;bPgt;Sydney Morning Herald Plt;/bPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;bPgt;on Plt;/bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;bPgt;The Burning ElephantPlt;/bPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/iPgt;P#8216;A poignant story, widely accessible and skilfully told.P#8217;Plt;bPgt; Plt;iPgt;Books+PublishingPlt;/iPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;onPlt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Into the SuburbsPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;P#8216;An emotional experience, heartbreaking yet hopeful.P#8217;Plt;bPgt; Plt;iPgt;The Big IssuePlt;/iPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;on Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Into the SuburbsPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;P#8216;A deeply human exploration of exile, love and grief, narrated in a voice that rings clear as a bell.P#8217;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Meg Mundell Plt;/iPgt;on Plt;iPgt;Into the SuburbsPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
