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Leigh Swinbourne / The Shark and other stories
A rich cripple commissions a portrait 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.
'Leigh Swinbourne brings a fresh and contemporary approach to the tropes and conventions of the gothic tradition.' - Sagacity
978 1 74027 674 0, 154pp
'Leigh Swinbourne brings a fresh and contemporary approach to the tropes and conventions of the gothic tradition.' - Sagacity
978 1 74027 674 0, 154pp
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