Dice

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Author
Claire Baylis
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Genre
Fiction
Released
04 July, 2023
ISBN
9781761067242

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Synopsis

A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is viewed in our society.

Four teenage boys invent a sex game based on the toss of a dice.

The police charge them with multiple sexual offences against three teenage girls.

Twelve jurors must work out what actually happened.

How does the jury find?

Dice is a stunning courtroom drama told from the perspective of a diverse group of ordinary people – the jury. How will twelve women and men of different ages, backgrounds and beliefs decide whether consent was given or crimes were committed?

In this dazzlingly accomplished and gripping debut novel, the story is told through the eyes of each juror as the trial unfolds and evidence is presented, withheld, fragmented and retold by different witnesses.

Will the verdict deliver justice or punish the innocent? Where does the truth lie?

Reviews

Q&A: Claire Baylis, Author of Dice

Review | Author Related

27 June 2023

Q&A: Claire Baylis, Author of Dice

    A Compelling Courtroom Drama: Read an Extract from Dice by Claire Baylis

    Review | Extract

    21 June 2023

    A Compelling Courtroom Drama: Read an Extract from Dice by Claire Baylis

      Claire Baylis
      About the author

      Claire Baylis

      Claire Baylis was born in England and emigrated to New Zealand at sixteen. Her fiction has appeared in Landfall, Sport, Takahē, Turbine/Kapohau, anthologised in Horizons 4 and has been read on Radio New Zealand. Dice is her first novel to be published. It was written as part of a PhD in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington/Te Herenga Waka and was included on the Dean's List for being of the highest academic excellence. Claire studied law and then lectured in it for twelve years at Victoria University of Wellington/Te Herenga Waka before moving to Rotorua with her family. There she wrote, brought up her three children, worked as an interviewer and researcher for the Trans-Tasman Jury Study and set up a water safety programme targeting low-decile schools.

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