Books by Adam Morris
Bird follows Carson, a young, cerebral Aboriginal man who traverses his way in and out of the prison system in Western Australia. The story is told through the multiple white characters Carson encounters along his journey. The novel is similar stylistically and thematically to Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting or some of the early writings of John Dos Passos, painting a picture of a modern world which is simultaneously bleak, comic and harrowing.
Bird has just been picked up for a German translation by Edition Nautilus Press in Hamburg - with a release set for July, 2024.
Praise for Adam Morris’s latest novel Bird
“Adam Morris draws our attention to this (Indigenous invisibility). That alone sets his book apart from the rest. On my shelf, it stands next to “Voss” by Patrick White.
Alf Mayer, Culture Magazine, Germany
“My most rewarding discovery was Bird by Adam Morris, a coruscating and courageous Western Australian Novel.”
MICHAEL WINKLER, The Sydney Morning Herald
“The novel is similar stylistically and thematically to Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting or some of the early writings of John Dos Passos, painting a picture of a world which is simultaneously bleak, comic and harrowing. “
Ed Wright, Puncher and Wattmann
“Far from the usual pattern of whodunit crime novels, Morris takes us on a journey into the dark heart of Australia [providing] terrifying insights into the everyday life of a Western Australian prison. Remarkable books have come out of Australia in recent years, such as the crime novels by Garry Disher and Chloe Hooper’s non-fiction novel “The Tall Man”. With his unusual crime novel, Adam Morris has now easily secured a place between these two masters.”
VON CLAUDIA FUCHS, Südwestrundfunk (translated from German)
"Powerful and Impressive".
Henry Reynolds
"Australian fiction needs more stories like this; honest and fierce and intensely human."
David Whish-Wilson
"This is confronting, brutal and honest storytelling. The tension through every page is tightly wound and no word is wasted. Bird is a gripping and thought-provoking read for those who like their tales gritty, well researched and true, it is an important work."
Deborah Crabtree, Books and Publishing
My Dog Gave Me the Clap is a tight, funny novel about masculine identity and narrowly missed epiphanies, it is as discomforting as it is engaging.
“Very funny, very strange and utterly compelling.”
Overland Literary Journal
“Readers will be fascinated and amused by Saul’s predicaments and Morris' phraseology is remarkably lovely.”
The West Australian
“Discomforting and compellingly funny. A fearless and sharply observed portrait of self-destruction and masculinity."
Fremantle Press