“We wanted the strangers to be comfortable. We wanted them to be more like us, and to be more responsive to our own willing faces. We wanted them to be available." When two strangers arrive in a rural town, refugees from a disaster they cannot name, why do they end up locked in a cage and dehumanised by the townsfolk? 
This week's BOOK OF THE WEEK is Lloyd Jones's urgent novel The Cage. 
>> Read Thomas's review. 
>>Lloyd Jones will be talking with Philip Woollaston at the VOLUME MAPUA LITERARY FESTIVAL on 21 September. Click through to find out more and book your tickets now. 
>> Jones discusses the book with Gregory O'Brien. 
>>Jones wants you to hate his book. 
>>Louise O'Brien reviews the book on Radio NZ. 
>>"Vivid and meticulous." —The Guardian
>> Radio from across the ditch. 
>> Some book club notes!
>>Other books by Lloyd Jones.