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November 1993, no. 156
Welcome to the November 1993 issue of
Australian Book Review
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ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Fiction
Grand Days
by Frank Moorhouse
by
Geoffrey Dutton
Short Stories
Little Deaths
by Peter Goldsworthy
by
Heather Falkner
Philosophy
How Are We To Live?: Ethics in an age of self-interest
by Peter Singer
by
Veronica Brady
Biography
Fishing in the Styx
by Ruth Park
by
Hazel Rowley
Fiction
Jacko
by Tom Keneally
by
Andrew Peek
Fiction
The Grisly Wife
by Rodney Hall
by
Nigel Krauth
Obituary
Obituary for Oodgeroo Noonuccal
by
Adam Shoemaker
Fiction
The Grisly Wife
by Rodney Hall
by
Robert Holden
Interview
Catherine Kenneally interviews Peter Goldsworthy
by
Australian Book Review
Fiction
Grand Days
by Frank Moorhouse
by
Carmel Bird
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