Joe Cinque's Consolation

Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law is a non-fiction book written by Australian author Helen Garner, and published in 2004. It is an account of Garner's presence at the separate trials of Anu Singh and her friend Madhavi Rao, who were accused of murdering Singh's boyfriend Joe Cinque and Garner's attempts to understand the events that led to his death, as well as the legal and personal responses to the crime. The book was adapted into a 2016 film of the same name.

Joe Cinque’s Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law
First edition cover
AuthorHelen Garner
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreTrue crime
PublisherPicador
Publication date
1 August 2004
Pages336
ISBN978-0-330-36497-3

Joe Cinque's Consolation explores themes of grief and loss, culpability and criminal responsibility, duty of care, punishment and retribution, personality psychology (particularly narcissistic personality disorder and dependent personality disorder), social class in Australia, drug use, and other social problems. A national bestseller, the book has sold 100,000 copies.

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