Book Club Notes: The Players by Deborah Pike

Book Club Notes: The Players by Deborah Pike

One hot summer, a group of university students gathers in an orchard to rehearse a play.

Veronika is born for a life on the stage while Felix seizes his last chance for creative freedom. Sebastian woos Veronika, and Cassie longs for Sebastian. Josh and Gloria each carry a secret they are unable to share.

Passion, rivalry and enduring connections will bind the Players across years and continents, long after the final curtain falls and they leave university behind. From Perth to Paris, Cambridge, London, Berlin and Dili the friends search for meaning in their careers and friendship, discover love and endure heartbreak.

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Passion, Rivalry and Enduring Connections: Read an Extract from The Players by Deborah Pike

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15 April 2024

Passion, Rivalry and Enduring Connections: Read an Extract from The Players by Deborah Pike

    Publisher details

    The Players
    Author
    Deborah Pike
    Publisher
    Fremantle Press
    Genre
    Fiction
    Released
    03 April, 2024
    ISBN
    9781760993061

    Synopsis

    One hot summer, a group of university students gathers in an orchard to rehearse a play.

    Veronika is born for a life on the stage while Felix seizes his last chance for creative freedom. Sebastian woos Veronika, and Cassie longs for Sebastian. Josh and Gloria each carry a secret they are unable to share.

    Passion, rivalry and enduring connections will bind the Players across years and continents, long after the final curtain falls and they leave university behind. From Perth to Paris, Cambridge, London, Berlin and Dili the friends search for meaning in their careers and friendship, discover love and endure heartbreak.

    Deborah Pike
    About the author

    Deborah Pike

    Deborah is a writer and academic based in Sydney. She grew up in Northam and Perth, Western Australia. She has an Honours degree in English from the University of Western Australia, and a PhD from the University of Sydney. She is an associate professor of English Literature at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, and is a winner of an Australian Government Award for University Teaching. Deborah has travelled widely and lived in Paris for several years, where she held positions at Shakespeare & Company Bookstore, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the University of Paris VII and the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). She is the author of The Subversive Art of Zelda Fitzgerald, which was shortlisted for the AUHE award in literary criticism. The Players is her first novel.

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