WIN DVD boxset copies of Aussie drama The Slap

BASED on Christos Tsiolkas’ multi-award winning and best-selling novel, The Slap, Australian Times is pleased to announce we have two copies of the 3-Disc DVD Box Set available to win by a couple of our lucky readers.

The Slap DVD is set for release in the UK on 9 January 2012 and has already transfixed audiences across Britain and become a major household talking point, with its controversial and headline-grabbing storyline. The Slap is “a bold and provocative portrait of middle-class Australian life as it traces the shattering repercussions a single event has on a group of family and friends”.

The series starts at a suburban backyard barbeque, as a tight-knit group of long-standing friends attend a 40th birthday party; the food and wine flows and the guests enjoy a long, lazy lunch. Amongst the alcohol, camaraderie and a children’s cricket game, a man slaps a child who is not his son…

Starring Melissa George (Grey’s Anatomy, 30 Days of Night, Triangle), Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda), Jonathan La Paglia (Cold Case); Essie Davis (Australia), and Alex Dimitriades (Neighbours), the story unfolds through the eyes of the eight main characters as a court case proceeds, affairs begin and end, a pregnancy is decided, and as marriages morph and change – each character’s life is profoundly affected by “the slap”.

Christos Tsiolkas’ novel was hugely controversial upon release but none-the-less sold in huge numbers and garnered much acclaim, particularly in Australian and the UK. The Slap was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Writer’s Prize in 2009 and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2010. Says Tsiolkas of The Slap’s on-screen adaptation; “The experience of suddenly seeing these fictional characters from my imagination, in flesh and blood, was truly humbling and awe-inspiring. It felt like the perfect cast”. Australian Times also has two copies of the book available to win.

To win a copy of the DVD or the book – just enter the competition below: