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The Shark: & other stories
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781740276740
Publisher: Ginninderra Press
Published: Sep 22 2016
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A rich woman, confined to a wheelchair, commissions a portraitist to create for her an ideal mate. A successful doctor confronts his past life in a deserted cottage. A young idealistic teacher is caught in a web of power in a decaying country town. In these gripping gothic tales, individuals' fears and fantasies come startlingly to life to confront them. A disturbing and original new voice in Australian writing.
'[Swinbourne] demonstrates a rare confidence with language that makes for compelling reading.' - Weekend Australian
'Even the shorter stories quickly create an atmosphere of foreboding and menace.' - Sydney Morning Herald
'This is good meaty material - a springboard for good fiction.' - Sunday Tasmanian
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