Anthony McCarten

Books on prize lists

• In the Absence of Heroes

  Written in English

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  NZ Book Awards 2013 · Shortlist

  In the Absence of Heroes

  In the Absence of Heroes

  Anthony McCarten · 51 when first published

  Novel · 389 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:A year after their younger son's death from cancer, a couple drift apart: the wife confides in an online counsellor she has never met, their surviving son vanishes into a fantasy game, and the father logs on to find him.