Tag Archives: Australian fiction

Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson

“On one of the little leggy tables stands a vase of yellow daisies. The vase is too big for them, and they have slipped down to water level with their poor little faces up-raised, like drowning people crying for help. … Continue reading

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Moonlighting and Raving on Gummie’s blog

Regular readers of this blog know that I am a fan or Australian author, Max Barry. Gummie from Whispering Gums asked me to write a guest post about Max, so go here to read the article which includes links to … Continue reading

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Machine Man by Max Barry

As a long-term fan of Max Barry, I’m pimping his new book Machine Man. It’s the story of a lonely scientist, Charles Neumann who loses a leg in an accident. Unhappy with the clumsy, rudimentary capabilities of the prosthetic device, he … Continue reading

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The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower

The Watch Tower, from Australian novelist Elizabeth Harrower is set in the years surrounding WWII. The story begins when sisters Laura and Clare are withdrawn from private boarding school by their self-focused mother, a British woman who’s never really adjusted to life in Australia. … Continue reading

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Max Barry–one of my favourite Australians

When I checked my e-mail this morning, there was a very funny note from Australian author, Max Barry sitting in my inbox. No, I don’t know him personally, but a few years ago, I did sign up via his website … Continue reading

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The Treatment and the Cure by Peter Kocan

“You’re not feeling so cheerful now, with this talk of shock treatment. You start to think how it was all too good to be true. Now you’re finding out about the bad thing, the thing you knew had to be … Continue reading

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Jennifer Government by Max Barry

“We’re all cogs in the wealth-making machine.” In a world set in the not-too-distant and quite believable future, government takes a back seat to business. Big business controls the world, and entire continents are subsumed to business alliances–US Alliance and … Continue reading

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Reaching Tin River by Thea Astley

“I find the tide already filling in her footsteps.” How much does the past influence the present? This is a question explored by the Australian writer, Thea Astley in her novel, Reaching Tin River. The narrator of the novel is … Continue reading

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Company by Max Barry

“Nobody escapes Human Resources.” Author Max Barry is back to skewer corporate culture once again in his latest satiric novel, Company. Hopeful, idealistic, naive Stephen Jones is the latest hire at the mysterious Zephyr Corporation. Jones is assigned to the … Continue reading

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