The promise / Tony Birch.
Publication details: St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2014.Description: 221 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780702249990
- A823.4 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Short stories | BIR | Available | 057367 |
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.
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.