Erich Mayer
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Book review: Denizen, James McKenzie Watson
An award-winning, cleverly constructed debut.
Book review: Here Goes Nothing, Steve Toltz
A bleak imaginative tale interspersed with words of wisdom.
Book review: The Diplomat, Chris Womersley
A powerful and gripping novel of agony and the despair of regret
Book review: Abracadabra by Robert Dessaix
This book is Robert Dessaix: humorous, insightful, erudite and challenging
Book review: Growing up in Country Australia, Edited by Rick Morton
There is a magic to these stories that trace the influence of (rural) youth to present lives.
Book review: Those Who Perish, Emma Viskic
An audacious imaginative accomplishment features a differently-abled detective.
Book review: The Grass Hotel, Craig Sherborne
A poetic word painting of dementia and of dying, of love and yearning
Book review: Orphan Rock, Dominique Wilson
A novel that weaves the major events of the times into the life stories of its characters
Book review: Adrift in Melbourne, Robyn Annear
Melbourne-focussed book of rambling walks will also appeal to a wider audience.
Book review: The Way It Is Now, Garry Disher
A mystery fiction that's more a whydunnit than a whodunnit.