Escalator Press, 2018
Marko has come to the ends of the earth to escape a once illustrious past in Bulgaria. So why does a Polish bookstore owner call him a traitor? And who covertly photographed him for the newspaper?
Someone knows who he is. They are trying to expose him in his new country, and there is nothing he can do to prevent it.
A Change of Key tells the story of a multicultural group of migrants living in an inner-city block of social housing flats in New Zealand. It explores themes of social change and the hardships associated with existing in isolation from one’s family and culture. As they struggle through the realities of living in deprivation, Marko and the other migrants find salvation in friendship, community and classical music.
A Change of Key is a stand-alone sequel to The Score.
‘This novel does that wonderful thing – it makes me care. I cared about what happened to these people. I loved their inventive and imaginative actions, and the music that binds them together … There’s a rich and embracing tenderness for the characters and their story.’ – Renée
‘Jansen’s characters are haunted by the ghosts of their past, throwing shadows on the tenuous footholds of their new lives.’ – Tracey Barnett | author of The Quiet War on Asylum
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Shortlisted for the NZ Booklovers Award for best adult fiction 2019
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