Tin ToysNovel dealing with issues of change, identity and loss. Hunter Carlyon has had several identities - first as a black baby, then as a white boy, black youth, white man and black man. The woman he loves has disappeared in a war-zone and he is haunted by her voice on his mobile phone. Author's previous novel is 'Silences Long Gone'. |
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... beer onto the mis- sion and they sit and drink it as they talk . Les Barfus goes into Jefferson in the back of the mission ute on his banana lounge under his feigned mountain of psycho- logical baggage . A doctor at the Corio Street ...
... beer onto the mis- sion and they sit and drink it as they talk . Les Barfus goes into Jefferson in the back of the mission ute on his banana lounge under his feigned mountain of psycho- logical baggage . A doctor at the Corio Street ...
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... Beer . ' He points at me with a raise of eyebrow . ' Yeah , me too , ' I tell her . She pours us beers and Tony Delgarno takes the bottle from her and starts a whispered conversation by asking me , ' It'd've been interesting growing up ...
... Beer . ' He points at me with a raise of eyebrow . ' Yeah , me too , ' I tell her . She pours us beers and Tony Delgarno takes the bottle from her and starts a whispered conversation by asking me , ' It'd've been interesting growing up ...
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... beer and we talk . He's a disillusioned man , this Two - Toed Tony Delgarno . As the representative of the major sponsor he should be exuding some species of magnanimous bonhomie here , should be working the crowd , should be smiling ...
... beer and we talk . He's a disillusioned man , this Two - Toed Tony Delgarno . As the representative of the major sponsor he should be exuding some species of magnanimous bonhomie here , should be working the crowd , should be smiling ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Chapter two Boiled Pink 29 2882 | 29 |
Chapter three Salient Loony | 38 |
Copyright | |
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