A submerged continent of grief surfaces in Gideon Haigh’s memoir of his brother’s death
- Written by Marina Deller, Casual Academic, Creative Writing and English Literature, Flinders University
Gideon Haigh’s brother Jasper – “Jaz” – was 17 when he was killed in a car accident. Decades later, Haigh picked up a pen and, in a 72 hour span, wrote about the night Jaz died, all that led up to it, and all that he has lived since.
Haigh is a prolific writer. You may know him from his cricket writing, but also his...





