'Benjamin Law manages to be scatological, hilarious & heartbreaking all at the same time. Every sentence fizzes like an exploding fireball of energy.' – Alice Pung

‘A vivid, gorgeously garish, Technicolor portrait of a family. It’s impossible not to let oneself go along for the ride and emerge at the book’s end enlightened, touched, thrilling with laughter.’ – Marieke Hardy

Meet the Law family – eccentric, endearing and hard to resist. Your guide: Benjamin, the third of five children and a born humorist. Join him as he tries to answer some puzzling questions: Why won’t his Chinese dad wear made-in-China underpants? Why was most of his extended family deported in the 1980s? Will his childhood dreams of Home and Away stardom come to nothing? What are his chances of finding love?

Hilarious and moving, The Family Law is a linked series of tales from a wonderful new Australian talent.

Praise

“Very funny...you may find yourself at times almost barking with laughter” — Monthly magazine, June issue

“What is it that makes Benjamin Law’s writing so good? It’s the flair for language. It’s the sharp wit. It’s the open warmth. It’s the blend of the thoughtful, the silly and the affecting. It’s all of these things, in one package.” — Jo Case, Readings Monthly

“Wonderful. Everyone should run to their nearest bookshop and buy a copy.” — Defamer

“Simultaneously weird and instantly recognisable, the Laws are an Australian family it’s well worth getting to know” — The Enthusiast

“Enjoyable, easy reading... Law is a considerable talent with a long future ahead of him." — Literary Minded

“An addictive read.” — The Courier Mail

Benjamin Law is a senior contributor to frankie magazine. His work has also appeared in the Monthly, the Big Issue, the Courier-Mail, Growing Up Asian in Australia and The Best Australian Essays. He lives in Brisbane, Australia.