The Student Edge Book Club: Tom Houghton by Todd Alexander

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Update: You can read the winning review here! The original article is as follows (but ignore all that and take a look at this month's title instead)!

Are you a voracious reader? Or, perhaps you like the idea of reading, but are never quite sure what to read? Maybe you have a hard time finishing books once you've begun them.

We're here to help.

We've partnered up with Booktopia and Simon & Schuster to share some of the best writing in the world with Student Edge members.

Each month, we'll let you know which book is on offer - especially curated for your reading pleasure - and you'll be able to save 10% when buying it through Booktopia.

Over the course of that month, you can submit a review of that particular book and go in the running to win a $200 Simon & Schuster bundle featuring the very latest releases.

Now, the review will have to be pretty good to take such an awesome prize. We expect them to follow the same guidelines as our Writing Challenge entries. (Basically, they should be around three minutes reading time in length; no "25 words or less" answers here!) Here are some dos and don'ts to live by.

It all kicks off this month with Todd Alexander's Tom Houghton.

"As a boy growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Tom Houghton escapes the harshness of the schoolyard by cocooning himself in the cinema of the golden age of Hollywood. When he discovers that his favourite actress, Katharine Hepburn, modelled herself on her brother, Thomas Houghton Hepburn, Tom sinks deeper into his fantasy life. Determined to reveal his true identity to the world, Tom is propelled on a torturous path with disastrous consequences..."

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