Dusk

'Magnificent' * Tim Winton, author of Juice *
'Dusk is a sublime novel of loss and redemption, fight and surrender, thatleft me in absolute awe. Robbie Arnott's prose is incandescent, his storytelling mythic and filled with a wisdom that extends beyond the page. With Dusk, he asserts himself as one of Australia's finest literary writers' * Hannah Kent, author of BURIAL RITES *
'Starkly beautiful and deeply felt...Dusk is a book about love: not just the love between the twins but the love they feel for the landscape… the pared-back textures of Dusk’s prose… recall those of Cormac McCarthy' * Guardian (Australia) *
'A Conrad-like storyteller whose tales always tremble on the edge of the mythic and legendary' * Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's Ark *
'One of Australia’s finest writers' * Sisonke Msimang, author of The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela *
'Arnott has an eye and an ear for description that can elevate otherwise quiet moments to something genuinely transcendent' * Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the Barley *
'Everything [in Dusk]…is drawn vividly, not least the stunning, monumental landscape: a character in itself, it seems to nod to past crimes and extinctions… an absorbing adventure' * Daily Mail *
'Arnott… writes with tenderness about characters and passion about the lands through they move. A stunner' * The Times *
Dusk is my book of the year so far – a story of loyalty, betrayal, desperation and the ties that bind, which culminates in one of the finest closing scenes I’ve ever read * Bath Life *
An expertly paced quest narrative doubling as the tale of a community riven by suspicion * Mail on Sunday *
This is a propulsive novel of survival and betrayal, enriched by arresting depictions of nature * Economist, *Autumn Picks of 2025* *