The promise / Tony Birch
- Bib ID:
- 6386351
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Birch, Tony, 1957-, author
- Description:
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- St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2014
- 221 pages ; 20 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780702249990 (paperback)
- Summary:
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In this breathtaking new work, Tony Birch affirms his position as one of Australia's finest writers of short-form fiction. Using his unflinching creative gaze, he ponders love and loss and faith. A trio of amateur thieves are left in charge of a baby moments before a heist. A group of boys compete in the final of a marbles tournament, only to find their biggest challenge was the opponent they didn't see coming. Two young friends find a submerged car in their local swimming hole and become obsessed by the mystery of the driver's identity.
- Full contents:
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- China
- The toecutters
- Refuge of sinners
- The ghost of Hank Williams
- After Rachel
- Sticky fingers
- The promise
- The lovers
- Distance
- The money shot
- Snare
- Keeping good company.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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