Apartment 255

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| author = Bunty Avieson

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| genre = Novel

| publisher = Macmillan, Australia

| release_date = 2001

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| media_type = Print Paperback

| pages = 292 pp

| isbn = 978-0-7329-1100-3

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Apartment 255 is a 2001 Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by the Australian author Bunty Avieson.{{cite web|title= Apartment 255 |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C425417|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}

Plot

'Apartment 255' is the story of two best friends since school - Sarah and Ginny - who are, at the time of the book's telling, adults. Things are depicted as much better for Sarah - who has a boyfriend Tom with whom she shares a stunning inner-city apartment. But things have not worked out so well for Ginny who wanted Tom, and didn't get him. She wants what Sarah has, and moves into an apartment overlooking Sarah and Tom's flat to stalk them.

Publishing history

After the original publication by Macmillan, in 2001{{cite book|title= Apartment 255 (Macmillan) |year= 2001|publisher= National Library of Australia|isbn= 9780732911003|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1111372|accessdate= 11 June 2023}} in Australia the novel was reprinted as follows:

Macmillan 2002, Australia{{cite book|title= Apartment 255 (Macmillan 2002) |year= 2002|publisher= National Library of Australia|isbn= 9780330363600|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1720873|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}
Goldmann, 2003, Germany; translated into German
Sony Magazines, 2005, Japan; translated into Japanese under the title Supūn sanpai shitto
Momentum Books, 2016 Australia

Awards

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel Award, 2002: joint winner{{cite web|title= Previous Winners: Best First Novel |publisher= Australian Crime Writers Association|url= https://www.austcrimewriters.com/previous-winners-best-first-fiction|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}

Reviews

[http://www.crimedownunder.com/detail/baapa255.html Australian Crime Fiction Database - Apartment 255 by Bunty Avieson]

References

Category:Australian crime novels

Category:2001 Australian novels

Category:Ned Kelly Award–winning works

Category:2001 debut novels

Category:Macmillan Publishers books